Effect of online educational intervention on pregnant adolescents’ quality of life

Abstract

Objective: To assess the effect of online educational intervention on pregnant adolescents’ quality of life. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study, of the pre- and post-test single group type, carried out in the Basic Health Units of Teresina, from October 2017 to January 2018. A sample of 35 pregnant adolescents was obtained by convenience. Quality of life was assessed using the Ferrans & Powers Quality of Life Instrument. For scores with normal distribution, Student’s t-test was performed, and for those with non-parametric distribution, the Wilcoxon test was used and the significance level adopted was α=0.05. Results: After the online educational intervention, there was an improvement in the total quality of life (p<0.001) and in health/functioning (p<0.001), socioeconomic (p<0.001) and psychological/spiritual (p<0.001) domains, except in the family domain. Conclusion: The online educational intervention had an effect on quality of life, allowing it to be incorporated into the health education process with pregnant adolescents in Primary Health Care.