ReviewAJOG global reports2025
Prevalence, determinants, and complications of adolescent pregnancy: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
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- Parental Incarceration and Children's Risk of Violent Victimization: An Examination of Risks and Perpetrators' Relationship With the Victim in Finnish Total Population Data.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- Pathways to empowerment of adolescent mothers: a policy-oriented approach for improving postpartum self-efficacy and health service access within Iran's health system.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Parity-Related Differences in Neonatal Outcomes Among Adolescent Mothers: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Maternal Complications Associated with Primiparous Adolescent Pregnancies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Midwives' perspectives and care practices for pregnant adolescents: a qualitative study in Northern Malawi.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Obstetric Outcomes Among Underage Mothers: Age-Stratified Analysis from a Romanian Hospital-Based Cohort.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- A healthy dose of skepticism: The relationship between young adolescents' sexual media exposure and sexual intentions, and the moderating role of media skepticism.Psychology of popular media · 2026Article
- Navigating the care of preterm babies: physical care challenges and psychosocial stressors of adolescent mothers in Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- The pooled proportion and associated factors of adolescent pregnancy in 47 low- and middle-income countries: A multilevel analysis.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
- No more single stories: The case of global adolescent pregnancy care.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Low birth weight among neonates in rural areas of Indonesia: A secondary data analysis.Belitung nursing journal · 2026Article
- Early perinatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancy: a Romanian decade of demographic and social change (2011-2012 vs. 2022-2023).Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Lived Pregnancy and Motherhood Experience Among Early Adolescent Mothers.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to assess the magnitude, determinants, and outcomes of adolescent pregnancy by combining data from previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses. DATA SOURCES: Online databases. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
methodsUsing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Sciences, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Scopus, and Google Scholar, which reported the magnitude, predictors, and/or outcomes of adolescent pregnancy, were searched. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews. A weighted inverse variance random-effects model was used to determine the pooled estimates. In addition, subgroup heterogeneity, publication bias, and sensitivity were assessed.
resultsA total of 14 systematic reviews and meta-analyses involving 677,431 participants were included in the final analysis of this umbrella review. The pooled prevalence of adolescent pregnancy from global systematic reviews and meta-analyses was found to be 17.90 (95% confidence interval, 12.25-23.54). Level of education (adjusted odds ratio ranging from 1.40 to 9.07), socioeconomic status (lower: adjusted odds ratio ranging from 1.13 to 3.81), residency (rural: adjusted odds ratio ranging from 1.80 to 3.60), abuse (adjusted odds ratio ranging from 2.21 to 3.83), marital status (married: adjusted odds ratio ranging from 1.27 to 6.02), and contraceptive use (no: adjusted odds ratio ranging from 0.19 to 3.53) were identified as predictors of adolescent pregnancy. Anemia (adjusted odds ratio, 1.49; 95% confidence interval, 0.29-1.69;
conclusionThe prevalence of adolescent pregnancy varied significantly across previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The key determinants identified included low socioeconomic status, rural residency, a history of abuse, early marriage, and no contraceptive use. The complications associated with adolescent pregnancy included anemia, stillbirth, preeclampsia/eclampsia, preterm birth, and low birthweight. To reduce the burden of adolescent pregnancy, collaborative efforts are required from global, regional, and local stakeholders, such as policymakers and reproductive health program planners, through health education and training that focus on the most vulnerable populations.
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