Sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah

Introduction: The most challenging aspect of adolescence is sexual and reproductive health, as it is the area that poses the greatest difficulty in maintaining adolescents’ health. Knowledge alone has not been shown to affect adolescent’s behavior, nevertheless it is one of the most important factor...

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Main Author:	Amaran, Safiya
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	RC554-569.5 Personality disorders Behavior problems Including sexual problems, drug abuse,suicide, child abuse
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spelling	my-usm-ep.381072019-04-12T05:26:41Z Sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah 2011 Amaran, Safiya RC554-569.5 Personality disorders. Behavior problems Including sexual problems, drug abuse,suicide, child abuse Introduction: The most challenging aspect of adolescence is sexual and reproductive health, as it is the area that poses the greatest difficulty in maintaining adolescents’ health. Knowledge alone has not been shown to affect adolescent’s behavior, nevertheless it is one of the most important factor that affect their reproductive health. The prevalence of premarital pregnancy among adolescents in Malaysia is increasing, thus this issue can’t simply be ignored. Objectives: To determine the sexual knowledge and identify the factors related to sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah. Method: This is a cross sectional study using a self administered validated questionnaire. Study samples were from Raudhatus Sakinah institution in Kelantan, Johor and Penang where all eligible and consented individuals were included via purposive sampling due to limited samples (n=33). The profiles were analyzed as descriptive statistics namely mean (SD) and frequency (%). The dependent variable was the knowledge score which was analyzed as numerical variable. The factors related to the sexual knowledge were analyzed using simple linear regression for univariable analysis and multiple linear regression for multivariable analysis. Results: The mean (SD) age of first coitus is 16.3(2.0) years and the mean (SD) age of first pregnancy is 17.1(1.4) years. Forty two percents had history of being raped. Eighty two percents are not willing to discuss sex with their parents. Ninety seven percent of respondent watched pornography. Majority of them has good knowledge on reproductive organs but poor knowledge on details of pregnancy. Knowledge on XIII HIV was better than other sexually transmitted diseases. Media, teacher and friends are their main source of sexual knowledge. For every year increase in age at first coitus, the knowledge increased by 0.80(0.12,1.46) units. For each year of increase in age of partner at the first coitus of the girl, the knowledge score changed by -0.47 (-0.79,-0.15) units. The knowledge score of premarital pregnant adolescent increase by 14(6.59,21.42) units among those who had watched pornography compared to those who did not watch. The knowledge score would increase by 3.80(1.24,6.34) units for premarital pregnant adolescent with history of rape compared to without history of rape. Conclusions: The sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah is good. The sexual knowledge was significantly related to their age at first coitus, history of rape, age of partner at first coitus of the girl and watching pornography. 2011 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/38107/ http://eprints.usm.my/38107/1/Pages_from_Safiya_Amaran-RC554-569.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
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topic	RC554-569.5 Personality disorders Behavior problems Including sexual problems, drug abuse,suicide, child abuse
spellingShingle	RC554-569.5 Personality disorders Behavior problems Including sexual problems, drug abuse,suicide, child abuse Amaran, Safiya Sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah
description	Introduction: The most challenging aspect of adolescence is sexual and reproductive health, as it is the area that poses the greatest difficulty in maintaining adolescents’ health. Knowledge alone has not been shown to affect adolescent’s behavior, nevertheless it is one of the most important factor that affect their reproductive health. The prevalence of premarital pregnancy among adolescents in Malaysia is increasing, thus this issue can’t simply be ignored. Objectives: To determine the sexual knowledge and identify the factors related to sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah. Method: This is a cross sectional study using a self administered validated questionnaire. Study samples were from Raudhatus Sakinah institution in Kelantan, Johor and Penang where all eligible and consented individuals were included via purposive sampling due to limited samples (n=33). The profiles were analyzed as descriptive statistics namely mean (SD) and frequency (%). The dependent variable was the knowledge score which was analyzed as numerical variable. The factors related to the sexual knowledge were analyzed using simple linear regression for univariable analysis and multiple linear regression for multivariable analysis. Results: The mean (SD) age of first coitus is 16.3(2.0) years and the mean (SD) age of first pregnancy is 17.1(1.4) years. Forty two percents had history of being raped. Eighty two percents are not willing to discuss sex with their parents. Ninety seven percent of respondent watched pornography. Majority of them has good knowledge on reproductive organs but poor knowledge on details of pregnancy. Knowledge on XIII HIV was better than other sexually transmitted diseases. Media, teacher and friends are their main source of sexual knowledge. For every year increase in age at first coitus, the knowledge increased by 0.80(0.12,1.46) units. For each year of increase in age of partner at the first coitus of the girl, the knowledge score changed by -0.47 (-0.79,-0.15) units. The knowledge score of premarital pregnant adolescent increase by 14(6.59,21.42) units among those who had watched pornography compared to those who did not watch. The knowledge score would increase by 3.80(1.24,6.34) units for premarital pregnant adolescent with history of rape compared to without history of rape. Conclusions: The sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah is good. The sexual knowledge was significantly related to their age at first coitus, history of rape, age of partner at first coitus of the girl and watching pornography.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Amaran, Safiya
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title	Sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah
title_short	Sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah
title_full	Sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah
title_fullStr	Sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah
title_full_unstemmed	Sexual knowledge of premarital pregnant adolescents in Raudhatus Sakinah
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granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
publishDate	2011
url	http://eprints.usm.my/38107/1/Pages_from_Safiya_Amaran-RC554-569.pdf
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