Self-efficacy in Pregnant Women Referred to Health Centers in Delfan, Iran

Hossein  Ashtarian; Masoud  Ghanbari; Ashrafbanoo  Moradi; Leila  Baigi

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Self-efficacy in Pregnant Women Referred to Health Centers in Delfan, Iran

Author(s):

Hossein Ashtarian¹,

Masoud Ghanbari^2,*,

Ashrafbanoo Moradi³,

Leila Baigi³

1Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

2Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

3Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Health Reports and Technology:Vol. 2, issue 1; e74058

Published online:Jul 15, 2016

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 21, 2016

Accepted:Jun 27, 2016

How to Cite:Hossein AshtarianMasoud GhanbariAshrafbanoo MoradiLeila BaigiSelf-efficacy in Pregnant Women Referred to Health Centers in Delfan, Iran.J Health Rep Technol.2(1):e74058.

Abstract

Self-efficacy is an inflectional factor in pregnancy, and high self-efficacy can prevent many pregnancy-related health hazards. The present study was an attempt to determine the self-efficacy levels in pregnant women and examine the factors related to self-efficacy in pregnant women who were referred to the health centers in Delfan. The current study is a cross-sectional study carried out on 100 pregnant women in Delfan in 2016, using a multistage sampling procedure. Questionnaires were used to collect demographic and self-efficacy related information. To analyze the collected data, SPSS software version 18, T-test, one- way ANOVA, and Spearman’s correlation were employed. The mean age and self-efficacy score in the participants were estimated to be 26.48 ± 6.08 years and48.12 ± 7.70 (range 17–68), respectively. A stastically significant relationship was found between self-efficacy in pregnant women and the variables of age (p = 0.04), educational level (p = 0.02), economic status (p = 0.01), and educational level of the husband (p = 0.04). In the multi-variable regression analysis of self-efficacy, the variables of age (B = −2.24, p = 0.01), number of children (B = 0.95, p = 0.03), educational level (B = 2.03, p = 0.02), employment (B = 2.08, p = 0.01), and economic status (B = 2.70, p = 0.01) were significant. Considering various self-efficacy related factors in pregnant women, and the cumulative effects of these factors on self-efficacy, it can be concluded that improving modifiable influential factors, including economic status, educational level, and employment, can have a direct impact on the self-efficacy of pregnant women.

Keywords

Pregnant women

Self-efficacy

Delfan

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