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Physical and psychosocial impacts of pregnancy on adolescents and their coping strategies: A descriptive study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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dc.contributor.affiliationsFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
dc.contributor.affiliationsHospital Sibu
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Kebangsaan (UKM) Malaysia Medical Centre
dc.contributor.affiliationsHospital Umum Sarawak
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
dc.contributor.authorVin S.X.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad N.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSun T.P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMeng K.T.T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTohid H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOmar K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T08:25:48Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T08:25:48Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractTeenage pregnancy carries serious impacts on adolescent health. This study aimed to examine the effects of pregnancy on adolescents and to explore how they cope with the problems they faced during the pregnancy. It involved 26 adolescents residing in a government shelter home in Kuala Lumpur. A self-administered questionnaire containing a mixture of open-and closed-ended questions was used. Among physical (sleeping problem and self-care problem), psychological (emotional difficulties and low self-efficacy) and social (stigma and discrimination, financial difficulty, friendship problem and school dropout) problems, emotional difficulties were the most common problems, whereas stigma and discrimination was the least common. Young adolescents aged less than 16 years old were significantly associated with poor self-care (p=0.01). To cope with their problems, the adolescents generally used avoidance, withdrawal, and social support, particularly from parents and peers. Doctors were the least popular among all. In conclusion, holistic and individualised care is needed. Strategies to reduce emotional problem experienced by pregnant adolescents should be implemented. The available healthcare services for teenage pregnancy should also be promoted.
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dc.identifier.epage80
dc.identifier.issn16750306
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84940205799
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dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8682
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMalaysian Public Health Physicians Associationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMalaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAdolescenten_US
dc.subjectCopingen_US
dc.subjectDiscriminationen_US
dc.subjectEmotional problemen_US
dc.subjectImpactsen_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.subjectStigmaen_US
dc.titlePhysical and psychosocial impacts of pregnancy on adolescents and their coping strategies: A descriptive study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
dc.typeArticleen_US
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