Factors Associated With Knowledge And Attitude Toward Sexual In Postpartum Adolescent Mothers Under 20 Years Of Age

Abstract

            The purpose of this descriptive research was to study the factors associated with knowledge and attitude toward sexual in postpartum adolescent mothers under 20 years of age who give birth between October 1, 2019 – March 30, 2020 in Samutsongkhram Province.  The participants were 92 postpartum female under 20 years old. Purposive sampling was used to recruit the participants on the basis of inclusion criteria. Data were collected by using questionnaires. The data analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation and chi-square test.

The results revealed that 80.40 of adolescent mothers were 17-19 years old and 19.60 were 14-16 years old.  Personal information are as follows, married status was 85.90, living with husband or parents was 59.80, lower secondary education was 23.90, student status was 50.00, no income was 41.30, income between 5,000-10,000 baht was 35.80, the family income was sufficient but not enough for saving was 63.10, expenses for child rearing by parents and relatives was 38.10, planning of child rearing by their own with her husband was 65.20. Pregnancy information, most of the adolescent mothers who having sex for the first time were 17-19 years old, the primigravidarum was 91.30, pre-pregnancy without preventive contraception was 68.50, antenatal care was 100, in the postpartum period, 97.80 used contraception, contraceptive injection was 48.90. Sexuality education passed the criteria at 77.20. Attitudes toward sexual were moderate at 60.90. Factors associated with knowledge and attitude toward sexual in postpartum adolescent mothers, it was found that age was related to knowledge of sexuality education statistically significant (p < 0.000). And it was found that age, education level, occupation and income had no statistically significant relationship with the attitude toward sexual of postpartum adolescent mothers.