Predictive Model of Quality of Life among Thai Pregnant Teenagers
Keywords:
Depression, Domestic violence, Health literacy, Pregnancy, Quality of life, Social support, Stressful life events, TeenagersAbstract
Pregnancy among teenagers is a major public health problem worldwide. Traditionally, they have been considered a risk group, individuals having both physical health and psychological problems, with fewer social connections, low learning and educational achievement, and a poor quality of life. The goal of this cross-sectional study was to test a predictive model of quality of life among pregnant teens. This predictive model of quality of life included 449 Thai pregnant teenagers who received pre-natal care in four provincial hospitals and four community hospitals in northeast Thailand. Data were collected using the Social Support Measure, the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the Abuse Assessment Screen, the Center for epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, the Health Literacy Measure, and the Thai version of World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire. A structural equation model was used to analyze all factors’ relationships in the model and how they affect to quality of life.
Results indicated that the modified Model of Quality of Life among Thai Pregnant Teenagers fitted the data well and could explain 68% of variance of quality of life. In addition, social support, depression, and health literacy had a direct effect on quality of life. Meanwhile, social support had an indirect effect on quality of life, mediated through depression and health literacy of the pregnant teenager. Thus, nursing interventions should aim to reduce depression and to improve social support and health literacy for a better quality of life for these teenagers.
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3. Bunyarit S. Thailand adolescent birth rate: Trend and related indicators. Thai Journal of Obstereics and Gynecology. 2014; 22: 15-21.
4. Tasdermir S, Balci E, Gunay O. Comparison of life quality of pregnancy adolescents with that of pregnant adults in Turkey. Journal of Medical Sciences. 2010; 115: 275-281.
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22. Marlowe ET, Kersrin OF. Child and adolescent development. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2014; Vol.32(5): 9407.
23. House JS. The nature of social support. In M. A. Reading (Ed.), Work stress and social support. Philadelphia: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company; 1981.
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30. Trangkasombat U, Larpboonsarp V, Haranond P. CES-D as a careen for depression in adolescents. J Psychiatr Assoc Thailand. 1997;42(1):2-13.
31. Nutbeam D. Defining and measuring health literacy: What can we learn from literacy studies? International Journal of Public Health. 2010; 54(5): 303-305.
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33. Ferguson LA, Pawlak R. Health literacy: The road to improved health outcomes. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2011; 7: 123-129.
34. Ownby RL, Acevedo A, Jacobs RJ, Caballero J, Valverde DW. Quality of life, health status, and health service utilization related to a new measure of health literacy: Fostering Literacy for Good Health Today (FLIGHT) and Vive Desarollando Amplia Salud (VIDAS). Patient Education and Counseling. 2014; 96: 404-410.
35. Stice E, Ragan J, Randall P. Prospective relations between social support and depression: Differential direction of effects for parent and peer support? Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2004; 113: 155–159.
36. Brown JD, Harris SK, Woods ER, Cox JE. Longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and social support in adolescent mothers. Maternal Child Health J. 2012; 16(4): 894-901.
37. Setse R, Grogan R, Pham L, Cooper LA, Strobino D, Powe NR, Nicholson W. Longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life during pregnancy and after delivery: the Health Status in Pregnancy (HIP) study. Maternal Child Health J. 2009; 13(5): 577-587.
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