Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To introduce the role of online social networks in raising the level of self-care of pregnant
women.
METHODOLOGY: This was a observational cross-sectional study. Four hundred and four pregnant
women were estimated as sample using the sample size estimation of Cochran (confidence level of
95%), among the ones who referred to outpatient clinic and inpatients of Amir Almomenin hospital of
Semnan, Iran. The questionnaire used in this study included three sections and the authors developed it
after reviewing the related literatures. The questionnaire was tested as pilot on 28 pregnant women
which were randomly chosen from Amir Almomenin hospital.
RESULTS: Our Study showed that the highest average score of using the pregnant women from social
networks was to use the experience of pregnant women who had a child aged 3.46±1.33 and also related
to the concerns of the pregnant women due to differences in the information of physicians and social
network users 2.67±1.34. The findings showed that there were significant relationships between some of
the individual characteristics of pregnant women and their use of social networks (P<0.01).
CONCLUSION: According to the findings of this research, electronic communication between pregnant
women and the clinical staff (midwives and physicians) through social media requires the promotion of
social network use by this group. It thus seems necessary to encourage physicians to use social media
to properly monitor their patients’ maternal and fetal health.
Ghasem Deimazar, Mehdi Kahouei, Mozhgan Rahmanian, Neda Motamednejad, Parnian Mehrabi. (2018) Role of Social Networks in Raising the Level of Self-Care of Pregnant Women, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-17, Issue-3.
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