PMID- 38196918 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240111 IS - 1179-1594 (Print) IS - 1179-1594 (Electronic) IS - 1179-1594 (Linking) VI - 17 DP - 2024 TI - The Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy on Pregnancy Stress and Smartphone Addiction of Pregnant Women in Late Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study. PG - 41-48 LID - 10.2147/RMHP.S445581 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: We aimed to understand the current situation of smartphone addiction in pregnant women, and explored the moderating effect of self-efficacy between pregnancy stress and smartphone addiction. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study adopted a longitudinal design to collect pregnant women from the obstetrics and gynecology department of a tertiary hospital in Shenyang in 2020 from early pregnancy (T1) to their late pregnancy (T2). A total of 342 questionnaires were collected, including the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV), the Pregnancy Pressure Scale (PPS), and the Chinese version of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES). Multiple hierarchical regression and simple slope test were used to test the moderating effect of self-efficacy. RESULTS: Smartphone addiction in T2 (44.74) was more sever than in T1 (33.11). The interaction item of T1 pregnancy stress and T2 self-efficacy was positively correlated with smartphone addiction (beta=0.205, P<0.01) and explained an additional 3.2% variance (DeltaR(2)=0.032, P<0.01). The influence of pregnancy stress on smartphone addiction was gradually decreased in the low, mean, and high groups of self-efficacy. CONCLUSION: Smartphone addiction in late pregnancy was more severe than that in early pregnancy, possibly due to increased pregnancy stress. The self-efficacy of pregnant women could reduce the impact of pregnancy stress on smartphone addiction. Medical staff can alleviate the bad behavior by improving their self-efficacy. CI - (c) 2024 Ma et al. FAU - Ma, Di AU - Ma D AD - Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of the Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Bingfen AU - Li B AD - Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of the Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Xiaoyan AU - Liu X AD - Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of the Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, People's Republic of China. FAU - Sun, Ying AU - Sun Y AD - Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of the Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, People's Republic of China. FAU - Sun, Jingli AU - Sun J AD - Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of the Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240105 PL - England TA - Risk Manag Healthc Policy JT - Risk management and healthcare policy JID - 101566264 PMC - PMC10775690 OTO - NOTNLM OT - late pregnancy OT - moderating effect OT - pregnancy stress OT - self-efficacy OT - smartphone addiction COIS- The authors reported no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2024/01/10 06:41 MHDA- 2024/01/10 06:42 PMCR- 2024/01/05 CRDT- 2024/01/10 03:46 PHST- 2023/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/10 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/10 06:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/10 03:46 [entrez] PHST- 2024/01/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 445581 [pii] AID - 10.2147/RMHP.S445581 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2024 Jan 5;17:41-48. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S445581. eCollection 2024.