Abstract
This paper presents the results of a risk factors-analysis and the analysis of physical development of pre-school children born with a low birth weight to teenage mothers. The study has also identifed unfavorable factors affecting the birth of low weight children and the lag in physical development of preschool children born with low birth weight to adolescent mothers. According to our research, children born out of wedlock are mostly born with low birth weight (66.7%) and student mothers who had psychological and physical stress during pregnancy. Adolescent mothers who lacked a sufficient and balanced diet, had a high risk of born child with IUGR of hypotrophic type of the 2nd degree.
Highlights
According to current literature, in recent years there has been an increase in children born with low birth weight in relation to gestational age – intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
Objective: This paper presents the results of a risk factors- analysis and the analysis of physical development of pre-school children born with a low birth weight to teenage mothers
Materials and Methods: The study has identifed unfavorable factors affecting the birth of low weight children and the lag in physical development of preschool children born with low birth weight to adolescent mothers
Summary
In recent years there has been an increase in children born with low birth weight in relation to gestational age – intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). One of the reasons for this is the young age of the mother. Researchers agree that IUGR of fetus is one of the main causes of perinatal morbidity and mortality [1,2,3], significantly exceeding the rate in children with normal birth weight. Problems and peculiarities of the gestational course and delivery among adolescents were described in full in the available literature. There was insufficient information available regarding the comprehensive assessment of the physical development and formation of children born to teenage mothers [4]
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