Effects of Stress Management Program on Stress Level and Coping Behaviors in Adolescent Pregnant Women
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The purpose of this quasi-experimental research study was aimed at investigating the effects of stress management program on stress level and coping behaviors in adolescent pregnant women. The participants were 43 adolescent pregnant women who came at antenatal care unit in Somdech Phra Pinklao Hospital between January 2022 to May 2022 and were divided into an experimental group with twenty samples and a control group with twenty-three samples. The control group received routine care while experimental group received the stress management program in addition to routine care. The research instruments consisted of stress management program, demographic characteristics questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Brief COPE inventory. The content validity of all instruments were reviewed by five experts and the Content Validity Index (CVI) yielding values of 0.77 - 1. The reliability of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Brief COPE inventory were tested by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, yielding values of 0.70 and 0.76
The program was implemented in 5 weeks. Data were analyzed using independent t-test to compare mean stress score between the experimental group and the control group and Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare mean coping score.
The results revealed that the experimental group had statistically significantly lower mean scores of stress than the control group (p < .05) and the experimental group had statistically significantly higher mean scores of coping behaviors than the control group (p < .05). Stress management program can help adolescent pregnant women with lower stress levels and higher coping behaviors. Therefore, nurse should apply the stress management program in adolescent pregnant women to reduce stress levels and encourage appropriate coping behaviors during pregnancy.
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