Effectiveness of Individual and Family Self-management Promoting Programs on Repeated Pregnancy Preventing Behaviors and Quality of Life among Adolescent Mothers
Keywords:
Individual and family self-management, Repeated pregnancy, Quality of life, Adolescent mothersAbstract
This quasi-experimental research was to study the effectiveness of individual and family
self-management promoting programs on repeated pregnancy preventing behaviors and quality of life among adolescent mothers. The subjects were adolescent mothers aged 14-19 years, divided into the experimental group and the control group, 36 persons each. The control group received hospital standard care. The experimental group received a program to promote individual and family self-management consisting of : 1) Effects of repeated pregnancy 2) Parent’s school 3) Contraception 4) Breast feeding 5) Self-management skills and 6) Family and friends of adolescent mothers. The duration of participation in the program was 6 months. Data were collected using the repeated pregnancy preventing behavior scale and the WHOQOL–BREF–THAI questionnaire. In the reliability test, Cronbach's coefficient was 0.86, 0.84, respectively. Data were analyzed by descriptive, chi square and independent t- test.
The results showed that : The sample group received the model of promoting individual and family self-management. There was an increase in mean scores on repeated pregnancy preventing behaviors, and quality of life than the control group was statistically significantly. (p <0.05).
Conclusion and Recommendation: Individual and family self-management affected the repeated pregnancy preventing behavior and quality of life of adolescent mothers. Midwife can be used as a guideline to encourage adolescent mothers to preventing repeated pregnancy.
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