Effect of Health Literacy Education on Self-Care in Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Mahnaz Solhi, Mahnaz Solhi and Khadijeh Abbasi, Khadijeh Abbasi and Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar, Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar and Aghafatemeh Hosseini, Aghafatemeh Hosseini (2019) Effect of Health Literacy Education on Self-Care in Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery, 7 (1). pp. 2-12. ISSN pISSN: 2322-2476 eISSN: 2322-4835

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Abstract

Background: Prenatal care reduces the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The present study aimed to determine the effect of health literacy education on self-care in pregnant women.
Methods: The present randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted at two comprehensive health service centers in Pakdasht (Tehran province, Iran) during January-June 2016. Out of the ten comprehensive health service centers in the city, two centers were selected using a simple randomized sampling and randomly assigned to a control group and an intervention group. From each center, 40 pregnant women were recruited into the study. Dedicated questionnaires on self-care and health literacy during pregnancy were developed by the author as data collection tool. The validity and reliability of the questionnaires were confirmed using the test-retest reliability method and by the opinion of ten experts, respectively. The questionnaires were completed before the intervention, and at 1 and 2 months after the intervention. The intervention consisted of four 45-minute educational sessions and group counseling. The data were analyzed using the SPSS software (version 16.0) with the independent t test, Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney test, and repeated measures ANOVA. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: There was no significant difference between the groups before the intervention. However, 1 month after the intervention, there was a significant difference (P<0.001) in the mean scores of the total self-care and total health literacy between the control and intervention groups (65±6.23 versus 76.77±4.28 and 30.95±4.63 versus 40±3.54). Similarly, there was a significant difference (P<0.001) between the mean scores 2 months after the intervention.
Conclusion: Intervention for the promotion of physical and mental self-care during pregnancy should emphasize on increasing health literacy in computational comprehension, reading comprehension, and behavior.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Health literacy, Intervention, Pregnant, Self-care
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User:	Mrs Ni Made Yunia Dwi Savitri
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2022 00:44
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2022 00:44
URI:	http://eprints.triatmamulya.ac.id/id/eprint/1239

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