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Table 2 Descriptive data on psychosocial risks and substance abuse

From: Pregnancy complications, substance abuse, and prenatal care predict birthweight in adolescent mothers

 

Adolescent group

n = 63

Adult group

n = 35

t/X²

p-value

Larger cohort studies

Psychosocial risk

Socioeconomic risk score

1.58 ± 0.89

0.17 ± 0.51

9.6

< 0.001

 

Stressful life events (any)

90.5 %

60 %

12.9

.001

 

  Number of stressful life events

2.9 ± 1.57

1.43 ± 1.27

4.8

< 0.001

 

  Death of family member or loved one

20.6 %

14.3 %

   

  Severe own illness

11.1 %

2.9 %

   

  Severe illness family member

12.7 %

14.3 %

   

  Breakup of relationship

31.7 %

5.7 %

   

  Loss of job/apprenticeship

15.9 %

2.9 %

  

3.45–3.72 %3

  Severe changes in social environment

39.7 %

8.6 %

  

3.45–3.72 %3

  Relocation

81.0 %

34.3 %

   

Planned pregnancy

17.5 %

82.9 %

39.8

< 0.001

 

Substance abuse during pregnancy (any)

46 %

5.7 %

16.9

< 0.001

 

Substance dose score

1.08 ± 1.32

0.11 ± 0.47

5.2

< 0.001

 

Alcohol

3.1 %

0 %

  

15.3–19.4 %1 0.2 %2

glasses/week

  0

96.8 %

100 %

   

  1–3

1.6 %

-

   

  4–6

1.6 %

-

   

  ≥ 7

-

-

   

  Cannabis

1.6 %

0 %

  

3.85 %4

joints/month

  0

98.4 %

100 %

   

  1–4

-

-

   

  5–8

1.6 %

-

   

  ≥ 9

-

-

   

  Nicotine

45.3 %

5.7 %

  

6.5–9.2 %1, 7.0 %2

cigarettes/day

  0

54.0 %

94.3 %

   

  1–4

9.5 %

-

   

  5–9

23.8 %

5.7 %

   

  10–14

7.9 %

-

   

  ≥ 15

4.8 %

-

   

  Other drugs

0 %

0 %

   
  1. 1Rebhan et al., 2009: Based on 3,069 German mothers (> 18years) [27] 2Leppalahti et al., 2013: Based on 51,142 Finish mothers aged 25–29 years[7] 3IQTIG Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in Health Care, federal evaluation for the year of registration 2017 - obstetrics, based on 761,481 German mothers [29] 4Saurel-Cubizolles et al., 2014: based on 8,620 French mothers aged 25–34 years [34]