Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of advanced maternal age: a cross-sectional study at Saint-Joseph Hospital and the University Clinics of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo
the pregnancy in mothers with advanced maternal age is a real public health problem, primiparas with university education, married women, and housewives with a history of spontaneous abortion and scarred uterus are more affected. Adverse obstetric outcomes include preeclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, prematurity, low birth weight, and admission to the neonatal unit.
Authors
- Kahindo P. Muyayalo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7055-4138)
- Roger Mbungu Mwimba
- Rahma Raschid Tozin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4767-9519)
- Antoine Tshimbundu Kayembe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2685-340X)
- Dieudonné Sengeyi Mushengezi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7197-8159)
- Andy Mbangama Muela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-7708)
- Anne Kapinga Mutshiaudi
- M. Alex
Institutions
- University of Kinshasa (CD)
- Université de Notre-Dame du Kasai (CD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pan African Medical Journal
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2025.51.49.47389
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00