فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Improving self‑care in adolescent pregnancy leads to improved maternal andneonatal outcomes of pregnancy. However, self‑care in adolescent pregnancy is less than otherwomen. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of face‑to‑face training and telemedicineon self‑care in adolescent pregnant women.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study is a quasi‑experimental study that was conductedin Zahedan in 2021 and 120 adolescent pregnant women with a gestational age of 15–20 weeksparticipated in it. The sampling was done in multistage, and the samples were divided into three groups:Face‑to‑face training, telemedicine, and control. Face‑to‑face training was presented in five sessionsand the telemedicine group received the similar educational content through the mobile applications.The samples completed a researcher‑made self‑care questionnaire before the intervention and at28 weeks of gestation. SPSS software version 21 was used for the analysis, and data were analyzedby ANOVA, Tukey post hoc, Kruskal–Wallis, and Mann–Whitney tests.RESULTS: There was no significant difference in face‑to‑face and telemedicine training in improvingthe scores of nutritional performance, smoking and narcotics use, personal hygiene, and routinepregnancy care (P > 0.05), but face‑to‑face training caused more improvement in the scores ofsports and physical activity as compared to telemedicine group (P = 0.04). Face‑to‑face trainingand telemedicine training in all domains led to a significant improvement in scores as compared tothe control group (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that the face‑to‑face training and telemedicinemethods were proper methods for self‑care education in pregnant adolescent women. It isrecommended to use these methods in promoting self‑care in pregnant adolescent women.