Piangkhuan Phutong|Suparp Thaithae
Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand
Navamindradhiraj University|Navamindradhiraj University
background ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic continues significant impact pregnant women particularly vulnerable effects may increase anxiety levels study aims investigate anxiety levels pregnant women covid19 pandemic thailand identify factors predicting anxiety methods researchers collected data online questionnaire november 2021 may 2022 sample included 404 pregnant women questionnaire consisted personal information health literacy related covid19 social support anxiety related covid19 content validity questionnaire verified three experts content validity indices 087 080 087 domain respectively reliability questionnaire 096 health literacy 095 social support 096 anxiety moreover indepth telephone interviews also conducted pregnant women data analyzed using descriptive statistics stepwise multiple regression content analysis results group 404 pregnant women studied results showed pregnant women high level health literacy regarding covid19 pregnancy mean 9636 sd 1423 social support level high level mean 8399 sd 1134 concerned anxiety related covid19 infection pregnancy moderate level mean 4778 sd 1149 factors predicting anxiety pregnant women covid19 outbreak thailand included health literacy related covid19 0468 social support 0283 prediction rate 3280 r 2 0328 statistical significance p amplt 005 conclusion study revealed anxiety level pregnant women covid19 outbreak thailand moderate health literacy covid19 social support predict anxiety level pregnant women