A causal model of eating behaviors among Thai pregnant women working in industrial factories
Tatirat Tachasuksri1
Chanapa Ngamchay1
Sivasankari Nadarajan2
1.Department of Maternal Newborn Nursing and Midwifery,Faculty of Nursing,Burapha University,Muang Chonburi 20131,Thailand2.Faculty of Nursing,Burapha University,Muang Chonburi 20131,Thailand
摘要：Objective:This study aimed to examine the causal model of eating behaviors among pregnant women working in industrial factories.
Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted on 210 participants,attending 4 healthcare centers,at a tertiary care hospital in Chonburi province,Thailand.Data were collected using 7 questionnaires:demographic form,eating behavior questionnaire,perceived benefits of the healthy eating questionnaire,perceived barriers to the healthy eating questionnaire,perceived self-efficacy questionnaire,social support questionnaire,and accessibility to healthy foods questionnaire.Descriptive statistics and path analysis were used for data analysis.
Results:The participants had relatively high mean scores for eating behaviors.The final model fitted well with the datax2=12.86,df=10,P=0.23;x2/df=1.29;comparative fit index(CFI)=0.98;goodness-of-fit index(GFI)=0.98;adjusted goodness-of-fit index(AGFI)=0.95;root mean square error of approximation(RMSEA)=0.04.Four factors-perceived benefits(β=0.13,P＜0.05),perceived self-efficacy in healthy eating(β=0.22,P＜0.001),pregnancy planning(β=0.28,P＜0.001),and accessibility to healthy foods in the factory(β=0.12,P＜0.05)—positively affected eating behavior,while only perceived barriers to healthy eating had a negative effect on eating behavior(p=-0.24,P＜0.001).All the above factors explained 27.2％of the variance in eating behaviors.
Conclusions:Nurses or healthcare providers can apply these findings to create an eating behavior modification program,focusing on pregnancy planning,behavior-specific variables,and interpersonal and situational influence,to promote the nutritional status of pregnant women working in industrial factories.
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论文发表日期：2024-06-30
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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