FACTORS PREDICTING FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH AMONG ADOLESCENT PREGNANT WOMEN IN CHIANG RAI PROVINCE
Keywords:
Fear of childbirth, Predictive factor, Adolescent Pregnant women, Antepartum, Multiple regressionAbstract
The purpose of this predictive correlation research was to explore fear of childbirth among adolescent pregnant women in Chiang Rai Province and predictive factors. The samples included 150 adolescent pregnant women with gestational age 37 to 40 weeks, age below 20 years old, and uncomplications during pregnancy who attended the prenatal clinic of three community memorial hospitals in Chiang Rai Province. The samples were selected by using the convenience sampling method based on the inclusion criteria. The research tools were the personal information questionnaire, the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire [W-DEQ] version A by Wijma et al., translated into Thai by Tampawiboon; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI] form Y by Spielberger et al., translated into Thai by Thapinta; the Self-esteem Scale by Rosenberg, translated into Thai by Sumlek and modified by Niramitpasa; and the Social Support Questionnaire developed by Yainontad and modified by Niramitpasa. The reliability of the W-DEQ version A, the STAI form Y, the Self-esteem Scale, and the Social Support Questionnaire, using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, were 0.94, 0.90, 0.87, and 0.94, respectively. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data.
The results revealed that 1) a percentage of 74.70 adolescent pregnant women had a severe fear of childbirth ( = 76.98, S.D. = 7.87). 2) state anxiety and trait anxiety were able to appropriately predict fear of childbirth at a percentage of 27.80.
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