Factors Associated with Delay Antenatal Care After 12 Weeks of Pregnancy among the First Visiting of Pregnant Women in Government Antenatal Clinics in Kathu District, Phuket Province

Abstract

          This descriptive research aimed to study factors associated with dela- y antenatal care after  12  weeks of pregnancy among the first visiting of p- regnant women. Population in this study consisted of 900 pregnant women which be the first visiting antenatal care after 12 weeks in government an- tenatal clinics in Kathu district, Phuket province, in fiscal year 2018,  and t- he sample size calculating used Schlesselman formula about 220 cases,  an- d systematic random sampling was determined for collecting data.  Data c- ollected by questionnaires including,  characteristics,  knowledge,  attitude and antenatal record.   In addition to check questionnaire standardization, validity was checked by  3 experts and try out testing reliability by Cronba- ch’s coefficient alpha about 0.922. Data analyzed using statistical as Chi-squ are, reported P-value significance level 0.05. The result showed that the de- lay antenatal  care after  12  weeks of pregnancy among the first visiting of pregnant women for 46.80% (x̅=13.90, S.D.=7.477, Max=38, Min=2).   Factors were associated with delay antenatal care after 12 weeks of pregnancy am- ong  the  first  visiting of pregnant women,  including,  age (P-value=0.047), education  (P-value=0.015),  occupational  (P-value=0.050),  average income per month (P-value=0.001), family’ number (P-value=0.006), abortion histo- ry (P-value=0.045).    Beside,  knowledge and attitude for pregnancy among were not found association with delay antenatal care after  12 weeks of pr- egnancy among the first visiting of pregnant women (P-value=0.267, P-val -ue=0.578, respectively).