A review of adverse pregnancy and delivery outcomes and influencing factors on advanced maternal age

Abstract

With the development of the social economy, people′s opinion of marriage and birth have changed, more and more women are pursuing a career and a higher level of education,combined with the development of medical technology especially the assisted reproductive technology, and the implementation of the Two-Child Policy, so there is a phenomena of delayed childbearing in China, leading to an increasing number of advanced maternal age. Many studies have reported an association between advanced maternal age and a higher risk of adverse pregnancy and delivery outcomes, but some studies have shown contradictory findings. This paper aims to explore the targeted treatment and nursing measures on advanced maternal age, then reduce the occurrence of adverse outcomes and improve the level of perinatal health care of our country, through summarizing the adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes, the influencing factors of adverse outcomes on advanced maternal age. Key words: Advanced maternal age; Maternal outcome; Perinatal outcome; Influencing factors