Factors related to Endocrine Disruptors Exposing Behaviors in Mothers of Infants

Su Kyung Kim; SoMi Park

doi:10.4069/kjwhn.2017.23.4.256

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Kim and Park: Factors related to Endocrine Disruptors Exposing Behaviors in Mothers of Infants

Orginal Article

Korean J Women Health Nurs 2017;23(4):256-264.

Published online: 20 January 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2017.23.4.256

Factors related to Endocrine Disruptors Exposing Behaviors in Mothers of Infants

Su Kyung Kim, SoMi Park

Department of Nursing, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea

Corresponding author: Park, SoMi Department of Nursing, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 20 Ilsan-ro, Wonju 26426, Korea. Tel: +82-33-741-0388, Fax: +82-33-743-9490, E-mail: somi@yonsei.ac.kr

Received 12 September 201724 October 2017 Accepted 24 November 2017

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with behaviors of mothers that expose their infants to endocrine disruptors. The PROCEED model was used as a theoretical basis for the study.

Methods

This correlational study included 120 mothers with infants between the ages of 1 month to 36 months. Participants were recruited through the maternal community web-site of mothers of infants in W city.

Results

There was a significant negative correlation among experience of mothers who had participated in environmentally friendly activities, the health status of the infants perceived by the mother, and behaviors of mothers that exposed infants to endocrine disruptors. The factors based on PROCEED model explained 15.3% of the behaviors by mothers that exposed infants to endocrine disruptors.

Conclusion

It is necessary to develop and provide educational programs that include detailed information on relationship of endocrine disruptors to children's health.

Keywords: Endocrine disruptors, Behavior, Infant, Mothers, Risk factors

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Figure 1.

Research framework for this study.

Table 1.

General Characteristics of Participants

Characteristics	Categories	n (%) or M±SD
Mother's age (yr)		32.61±3.81
Economic level	Low (n=32)	32 (26.7)
	≥Middle (n=88)	88 (77.3)
Education	≤High school (n=30)	30 (25.0)
	≥University (n=90)	90 (75.0)
Economic activity	Yes (n=24)	24 (20.0)
	No (n=96)	96 (80.0)
Age of children (month)		14.09±9.49
Children had been	Yes (n=43)	43 (36.7)
diagnosed with	No (n=76)	76 (63.3)
endocrine diseases

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Study Variables (N=120)

Variables		Number of items	Categories	n (%) or M±SD	Tool range	Measuring range
Predisposing factor	Knowledge on endocrine disruptors	24		16.51±4.29	0∼24	5∼24
	Sensitivity to environmental diseases	5		13.97±2.33	5∼20	7∼20
Reinforcing factor	Health status of the infants perceived by the mother	1		8.17±1.47	0∼10	3∼10

	Maternal attachment	26		121.41±8.31	26∼130	96∼130
Enabling factor	Participation in environmentally friendly activities	1	Yes	24 (20.0)
			No	96 (80.0)
Outcome	Endocrine disruptors exposing behaviors	21		45.01±7.79	21∼84	24∼69

Table 3.

Differences in Endocrine Disruptors Exposing Behaviors according to General Characteristics of Mothers of Infants (N=120)

Characteristics	Categories	Endocrine disruptors exposing behaviors
Characteristics	Categories	M±SD	t (p)
Economic level	Low (n=32)	45.40±6.59	.32 (.743)
	≥Middle (n=88)	44.87±8.21
Education	≤High school (n=30)	45.60±8.58	.47 (.638)
	≥University (n=90)	44.82±7.45
Economic activity	Yes (n=24)	45.70±8.04	.67 (.499)
	No (n=96)	44.67±7.65
Endocrine diseases^†	Yes (n=43)	45.15±8.51	.15 (.880)
	No (n=76)	44.93±7.39

^† Endocrine diseases=children had been diagnosed with allergic rhinitis or asthma or atopic dermatitis.

Table 4.

Relationships among Related Factors and Endocrine Disruptors Exposing Behaviors (N=120)

Variables	Endocrine disruptors exposing behaviors
	r (p)
Knowledge on endocrine disruptors	.04 (.649)
Sensitivity to environmental diseases	.02 (.845)
Health status of the infants perceived by the mother	–.26 (.030)
Maternal attachment	–.11 (.242)
Participation in environmentally friendly activities^†	–.32 (.002)

^† Dummy variable (yes=1).

Table 5.

Factors Influencing Endocrine Disruptors Exposing Behaviors (N=120)

Variables	B	SE	β	t	p
Knowledge on endocrine disruptors	0.14	0.16	.07	0.87	.384
Sensitivity to environmental diseases	–0.13	0.30	–.04	–0.44	.655
Maternal attachment	–0.07	0.08	–.07	–0.85	.396
Health status of the infants perceived by the mother	–0.99	0.47	–.18	–2.07	.040
Participation in environmentally friendly activities (reference=yes)	–5.61	1.71	–.29	–3.27	.001
	Adj. R²=.15, F=4.05, p=.010

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