One Year Postpartum Adaptation of Teen Mothers: Comparison between Students and Other Occupations
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Objectives: To compare the one-year postpartum adaptation of teen mothers between the student occupation and other occupations in the aspects of school reenrollment, childrearing, breastfeeding, and contraception. Patients & Methods: This cross sectional study collected data from pregnant adolescents aged 11-20 years who attended antenatal and postpartum care and delivered at Adolescent Postpartum Clinic in Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital during January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014. Data were obtained from telephone interviews with participants one year after childbirth, medical records of participants, and reports from Adolescent Postpartum Clinic. Data were compared between two groups in terms of school reenrollment, childrearing, breastfeeding, and contraception using Chi-Square test. The differences were considered statistically significant when P value < 0.05. Results: There were 129 in the student group and 137 in the non-student or other occupation group. From the student group, 69 participants (53.5 %) reenrolled in school, compared with 21 in the non-student group (15.4 %). Only 3 in the student group (2.3 %) that was significantly lower than 20 in the non-student group (14.6 %) breastfed their children for more than six months (RR = 0.14; 95 % CI = 0.03 - 0.58). In terms of childrearing, 89 in the student group (69.0 %) and 106 in the non-student group (77.4 %) reared their children themselves. In addition, the contraception after one year of childbirth was not different between both groups. The most common contraceptive method of the participants was contraceptive pill, followed by contraceptive injection. Conclusions: The student group had more requirement for school reenrollment but shorter period of breastfeeding and lower rate of childrearing than the non-student group with statistical significance. Nonetheless, there was no difference between the two populations in the aspect of contraception after one year of child birth.
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