Clinical Study

Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Pregnant Adolescents: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Maternal and neonatal outcome data.

Maternal outcomeAll Adolescents Non Adolescents value*

Obstetrical complication (ante/intrapartum) (%)152 (50.3)69 (45.7)83 (55.0).10
Vaginal delivery (%)178 (58.9)99 (65.6)79 (52.3).01
Cesarean section (%)124 (41.1)52 (34.4)72 (47.7).01
Intrapartum meconium staining (%)13 (4.3)4 (2.6)9 (6.0).15

Neonatal outcome
Gestation age at birth (weeks)38.7 ± 2.038.6 ± 1.838.8 ± 2.1 .16
Neonatal weight (g)2,897.0 ± 556.42,874.9 ± 518.02919.0 ± 593.2 .26
Preterm birth (%)38 (12.6)22 (14.7)16 (10.6) .29
Small-for gestational-age (%)62 (20.5)32 (21.2)30 (19.9).77
Apgar score <7 at 1st min (%)17 (5.6)8 (5.3)9 (6.0).80
Apgar score <7 at 5th min (%)8 (2.6)6 (4.0)8 (5.3).58
Neonatal complication (%)39 (12.9)15 (9.9)24 (15.9).12

* value after comparing cases and controls with chi-square test or the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.