Epidemiology and Factors Related to Pregnancy among Adolescents in Muang Distric Nong Bua Lamphu Province

Abstract

This is descriptive study had objected to study the distribution and nature of theproblem and the factors relate to adolescent pregnancy in Muang District, Nong Bua LamphuProvince. Populations were 151 pregnant adolescents aged 15 – 19 years old had receivedantenatal care in Nong Bua Lamphu Hospital during April to October 2016 and stayed in MuangDistrict, Nong Bua Lamphu Province. Tool was questionnaire, with reliability was 0.78 testedby Kuder - Richardson (KR-20). Personal data was analyzed by frequency and percentage.The correlation between personal factors and pregnancy in adolescents was analyzed by Chi-Square test. The difference between sexual risk behavior and knowledge to prevent pregnancyand pregnancy in adolescents was analyzed by using with t-test.

The study reveals that most of pregnant adolescents is 18 years old (30.5%). Theage of having first sexual relationship is 15 years old (30.5%). The first sexual relationship iswith lover or boyfriend (98.0%). Reason to have the first sexual relationship is to have a baby(40.4%). The place where the first sexual relationship happened is lover’s or boyfriend’s house.Most of them domiciles in sub-district administration organization’s area (62.71%). Factorsrelated to pregnancy among adolescents are the age when having the first sexual relationship,their expenses or income, husband’s expense or income, number of husband and the domicileplace are related to pregnancy in adolescents with a statistic significance of 0.05.

The results show that adolescent pregnancy is not related to sexual risky behavior and knowledge in preventing adolescent pregnancy, but it depends on the age when having the first sexual relationship, their expense or income, husband’s expense or income, number of husband, as well as their domicile place. Thus, to prevent adolescent, besides educating about pregnancy prevention and sexual risky behavior, aforementioned factors shall be focused as well.