FACTORS INFLUENCING ADAPTATION IN THE ROLE OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

Objectives: This study were to investigate factors effecting to adaptation roles of adolescent pregnancy and factors including age, education level, income, gestation, family planning, characteristics of family, self-esteem and social support to the adaptation roles of adolescent pregnancy.

Methods: This Descriptive study was cross-sectional analytical study. The populations of this study were adolescent pregnancy and age less than 19 years at the Antenatal Clinic Saraburi Hospital. The total numbers of participants were 130 persons. The data collection process was conducted during February to April 2018. The data analysis were used descriptive statistics, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regression analysis.

Result: Pregnant were 130 of them are aged between 16-19 years 75.4%, mean age 17.50 years. The education levels, most of them were graduated primary school 40.8%.  The family incomes  54.0 % were enough for daily used.  Most of them were first time of pregnancy was 74.6% and have 31-40 weeks of pregnancy was 37.7%. Most of them were did not plan about pregnancy 67.7%. Test results, age factor hypothesis. Pregnancy, childbirth planning Family characteristics, self-esteem, and social support can jointly predict the adaptability of role of pregnant women. After adjusted, factors effected to roles of adolescence pregnant were = 1.203 + 0.366 ( social support) + 0.175 (self-esteem) + 0.087. The education level score effected to increase adaptation role of adolescence pregnant was 0.36 and 38.4% could be explained to variance by the variables.

Conclusion: The data analysis were found out that social supported self-esteem and education level were factors effected to increases the adaptation role of adolescence pregnant.

Keywords: Adolescence adaptation, role of adolescence pregnant, adolescence pregnant