ArticleInternational health2024
Impact of unplanned pregnancy on neonatal outcomes: findings of new high-risk newborns in Peru.
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- Birth outcomes in single motherhood 'by choice': a register study of children conceived through medically assisted reproduction.International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Developing recommendations to improve the experience of unplanned pregnancy: results from a multiphase study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of adverse birth outcomes in Bangladesh: Insight from a nationwide survey.PloS one · 2026Article
- Determinants of low birth weight in newborns at a referral hospital in the western Nepal: an unmatched case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with unintended pregnancy among women in Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Provincial distribution of unintended pregnancy and its associated factors in Sierra Leone.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnplanned pregnancy is a significant public health problem, especially in low- to middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to determine the neonatal outcomes associated with unplanned pregnancy in a public hospital in southern Peru.
methodsA cross-sectional analytical study was conducted from June to August 2021 among 306 mothers and their newborns selected by convenience sampling. After obtaining informed consent, mothers were surveyed during their postpartum hospitalization about their pregnancy intentions. Unintended pregnancy was considered when it was mistimed or unwanted. Neonatal outcomes were assessed by reviewing medical records prior to discharge, evaluating the presence of low birth weight, insufficient birth weight, prematurity, respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis and neonatal mortality. Association was measured in terms of prevalence ratio (PR) and beta coefficient and respective 95% CIs, crude and adjusted for variables that obtained a value of p<0.20 in the crude model (maternal age, education and parity).
resultsThe overall unplanned pregnancies rate was 65%, of which 40.5% were mistimed pregnancies and 24.5% unwanted pregnancies. Unplanned and mistimed pregnancies were significantly associated with insufficient birth weight [adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR)=2.14; 95% CI 1.01 to 4.56 and aPR=2.43; 95% CI 1.09 to 5.39, respectively] and unwanted pregnancies were significantly associated with preterm birth (aPR=3.49; 95% CI 1.01 to 12.11). Furthermore, adjusted analysis showed that birth weight and gestational age were lower in unplanned, mistimed and unwanted pregnancies.
conclusionsUnplanned pregnancy was associated with lower birth weight and shorter gestational age of newborns. These data collected in a public hospital in a developing country may have significant implications today. If pregnancy intention is not included as a neonatal risk factor, insufficient birth weight and preterm birth could increase because a higher proportion of births will be unplanned.
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