Factors influenced with prevention behaviors for Coronavirus disease 2019 infection in teenage pregnancy

Abstract

The objective of this Analytic Cross-sectional study aimed to study factors influenced with prevention behaviors for coronavirus disease 2019 infection in teenage pregnancy. Sample were 182 and selected by the random sampling technique. The research instruments were the questionnaire. The developed questionnaires were used as a tool to collect employed quantitative data. The content validity was improved and adjusted by the suggestion of the experts. Using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient tested the reliability of the assessment tools;

The questionnaire asking factors affecting and the assessment test of the health prevention behaviors were 0.732 and 0.814 respectively. Statistics were to acquire frequencies, percentage, means, standard deviation, minimum, maximum and stepwise multiple regression analysis for statistically significant 0.05 level.

            The result found that teenage pregnancy had a middle level of prevention behaviors for Coronavirus disease 2019 infection. (M=1.76, S.D.=0.36). Perceived benefits of action (b=0.37, p-value <0.001). The factor perceived barriers to action (b=-0.23, p-value. <0.001), perceived self-efficacy (b=-0.22, p-value=0.028), interpersonal influences (b =0.17, p-value=0.022), and situational influences (b=0.31, p-value< 0.001) were able to predict prevention behaviors for Coronavirus disease 2019 infection in teenage pregnancy at 27.0 percentages (F=14.417, P<0.001). Perceived benefits of action were the greater factor affecting prevention behaviors for Coronavirus disease 2019 infection in teenage pregnancy (b =0.37, p-value<0.001).

            Promoting appropriate health behaviors and supporting teenage pregnancy to stay healthy is essential to preventing the spread of COVID-19. Ongoing information about the outbreak can help raise awareness and actions among teenage pregnancy to prevent COVID-19 infection.