Dietary behaviors and the influencing factors of pregnant women in Chengdu
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2018.03.006
- VernacularTitle:成都市妊娠期女性饮食行为及影响因素调查
- Author:
Huaxuan YOU
1
;
Ying LIU
;
Biru LUO
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西第二医院妇产科出生缺陷与相关妇儿疾病教育部重点实验室
- Keywords:
Pregnant women;
Feeding behavior;
Influencing factors;
Theory of reasoned action;
Structural equation model
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2018;24(3):275-280
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the status and influencing factors of the early, middle and late pregnant women's dietary behavior in Chengdu, so as to provide a reference for the development of targeted health education.Methods A self-made questionnaire was used to investigate the dietary behaviors of 600 pregnant women in early, middle, late stage of pregnancy from 4 hospitals in Chengdu. Data entry was carried out by EpiData software, and analyzed by Chinese version of statistical software SPSS 17.0. Results The status of dietary behavior of women in different stages of pregnancy was generally good. However, there were still unhealthy eating behaviors, such as partial food, excessive intake of fruit and milk, smoking and drinking alcohol. The knowledge of dietary behaviors was mainly from families, friends, newspapers and magazines. The results of the structural equation modeling showed that the dietary behavior of pregnant women was influenced by behavioral intentions, and the standardization regression coefficientβ was 0.301. Behavioral attitudes and subjective norms affected dietary behavior by influencing behavioral intentions, withβ values of 0.131 and 0.647 respectively. The education degree of pregnant women influenced dietary behavior directly (β=0.226); family per capita income affected eating behavior by influencing behavior attitude (β=0.168); and the mother's education degree affected dietary behavior by influencing subjective norms (β=0.217).Conclusions The dietary behavior of pregnant women is generally good, but there are still some unhealthy eating habit. We should give full play to the role of medical and health personnel, give health education of pregnancy diet, and change the unhealthy dietary behaviors by changing the diet related attitudes of pregnant women and their family members.
