| The objectives of this cross-sectional study were: 1) to study the correlation between maternal demographic data and perception on pregnancy nutrition graph (Vallop weight curve together with Pregnancy pathway (Sen Taang Luke Rak) 2) to determine the correlation between perception on pregnancy nutrition graph with Prgenancy pathway and Antenatal care along with birth weight of the newborns. The subjects were 371 pregnant women who came to community hospitals in Srisaket for laboring. The data were collected using self-administered questionnaires and these were analyzed using t-test and Pearson's correlation coefficient.
The results revealed that maternal demographic data were insignificantly related to perception on nutritional curve (p-value =0.05). However, the educational level was the only factor with a relation to pregnancy pathway. It was found that subjects who were educated from at least high school level were significantly correlated to pregnancy pathway (p-value = 0.034).
In addition, the results also indicated that there was a significant correlation between perception on pregnancy pathway and birth weight of the newborns (r = 0.109, p-value = 0.036). Other factors showed no statistically correlation (p-value > 0.05). Although the perception on nutritional curve and pregnancy pathway was in medium level, they were not related to quality antenatal care. |