The Influence of Personal Factors, Social Support, and Self-efficacy on Health Information-seeking Behavior in Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
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The objective of this descriptive research was to study the influence of age, education level, family income, social support, and self-efficacy on the health information-seeking behavior of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus. The conceptual framework of information-seeking behavior evolved by Wilson was used. The sample consisted of 125 women with gestational diabetes mellitus who met the inclusion criteria at the antenatal care unit at Siriraj Hospital. Data were collected using the general information questionnaire, the health information-seeking behavior questionnaire, the social support questionnaire, and the self-efficacy questionnaire. The descriptive statistical methods of frequency distributions, percentage, mean and standard deviation, and multiple regression statistics were used to analyze the data.
According to the findings, factors influencing health information-seeking behavior statistically significant were social support (β = 0.211, p = .036) and self-efficacy (β = 0.277, p = .007), which could explain the variation in health information-seeking behavior, 22.90% (R2 = 0.229, F = 5.826, p < .05). It was also found that the topics used for seeking information were about eating which was the number one, followed by gestational diabetes mellitus and symptoms of the disease. It was also discovered that the most used sources for information-seeking were general search websites (Google, Yahoo, etc.), followed by physicians and nurses or certificated diabetes mellitus education nurses.
For recommendations, the health care team should promote their self-efficacy and social support for pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus in order to have health information-seeking behavior in self-care. In addition, there should be knowledge sharing activities regarding gestational diabetes mellitus that involves disseminating information on the internet.
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