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Publication Child-Rearing Practices and its Effect on Cognitive Development of Children at the First Year of Age: The Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children(Kathmandu University, 2018) Kansin, S; Thinkhamrop, B; Mongkolchati, A; Laohasiriwong, WABSTRACT Background Child-rearing during the first year of age has long been known as a strong predictor of child cognitive development, particularly cognitive development. Most studies investigated styles and factors related to child-rearing, but the study of impact of child-rearing practices on child development is limited and unclear. Objective To investigate the child-rearing practices and its effect on cognitive development of children at the age of 12 months, in Thailand. Method This study is part of the prospective cohort study of Thailand. The data were collected via face-to-face interviews and child cognitive development assessment using Capute scale. The multivariable linear regression was used to determine the effect of child rearing practices on child cognitive development. Result Among the total of 4,116 infants. The most common child rearing practices mostly performed by care givers for the responsiveness domains were warmth (96.60%). Concerning demandingness, only proper confrontation was perform by (39.94%). Factor influencing the cognitive development were: Total score; the children who were not reared warmly, had lower Capute score with the mean difference of -7.69, 95% CI: -12.25 to-3.14. For Cognitive Adaptive Test score; the children who were not reared with warmly, had a lower Capute score with the mean difference of -8.11, 95% CI: -14.37 to -1.85. For Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scales score; the children who were not reared warmly, had a lower cognitive score with the mean difference of -8.72, 95% CI: -14.74 to -2.69. Do not giving children in proper confrontation had a lower cognitive score than those who were, with the mean difference of -3.06, 95% CI: -5.26 to -0.86. Conclusion When controlled the influence of other variables, raring with warmth was the strongest predictor of child cognitive development. KEY WORDS Child rearing, Cognitive development, Linear regression model, Prospective cohort study of ThailandPublication Factors Associated with Musculoskeletal Disorders among Registered Nurses: Evidence from the Thai Nurse Cohort Study(Kathmandu University, 2015) Thinkhamrop, W; Laohasiriwong, WABSTRACT Background Health, safety, and well being have been known to be influenced by occupational characteristics. Nurses constantly encounter musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from work demands worldwide. Nevertheless, there is insufficient of knowledge regarding causes of musculoskeletal disorders among nurses in Thailand. Objective To investigate factors associated with musculoskeletal disorder among registered nurses in Thailand. Method This study is part of the 2009 Thai Nurse Cohort Study which consisted of 18,756 nationally representative sample of registered nurses. Data collection was performed via postal self-administered questionnaires. Manifesting musculoskeletal disorders was self-reported by registered nurses, 1,070 nurses were excluded since they were unemployed during previous 12 months. Multiple logistic regression was used for data analysis. Result Of 17,686 registered nurses, the overall 12 months prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was 47.8%. It was found that workplace violence was the strongest factor which statistically significant associated with musculoskeletal disorders (adjusted odds ratio, OR, 2.01; 95% confidence interval, 95% CI, 1.42 to 2.83; P < 0.001), anxiety/depression (OR = 1.96: 95% CI: 1.78 to 2.15; P < 0.001), perceiving job required a lot of physical effort (OR = 1.69; 95% CI: 1.52 to 1.87; P < 0.001), every 10 years increased of age (OR = 1.40; 95% CI: 1.22 to 1.62; P < 0.001), overweight (OR = 1.39; 95% CI: 1.01 to 1.52; P = 0.015). Conclusion Registered nurses were most vulnerable of musculoskeletal disorders especially those who experienced workplace violence, anxiety/depression, strenuous work, older age, and overweight. Consequently, recommending safety practices to nurses should be considered for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) prevention by ergonomics and workplace design. KEY WORDS Cohort study, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), registered nurse.Publication Movement Disability: Situations and Factors Influencing Access to Health Services in the Northeast of Thailand(Kathmandu University, 2014) Wongkongdech, A; Laohasiriwong, WABSTRACT Background Persons with movement disability (PWMDs) are the biggest group of persons with disabilities (PWDs) with needs helps especially on health. There has been no evident to show health services accessibility situation of PWMDs in the Northeast of Thailand, the biggest region. Objective This study aimed to explore the current situation of accessibility to health services among PWMDs, and factors influencing such access. Method This cross-sectional study used a multistage stratified random sampling to select 462 subjects from the national registered PWMDs poll to response to a structured questionnaire. This study complies with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Khon Kaen University Ethics Committee for Human Research prior to the data collection. Result We found that most of PWMDs (66%) had overall health service accessibility at medium level. Factors influencing the access to health services were living in rural area (adj. mean diff.= -24.01; 95 % CI: -45.88 to-2.31; p-value=0.032), high income (adj. mean diff.=0.002; 95 % CI: 0.001 to 0.005; p-value = 0.044), and having offspring or spouse as care givers (adj. mean diff.=40.44; 95% CI: 7.69 to 73.19; p-value=0.044; and adj. mean diff.=48.99; 95%CI: 15.01-82.98; p-value=0.016, respectively). PWMDs who lived in rural areas had better access to health services especially to the sub- district health promoting hospital than those in the urban area. Conclusion Accessibly to health services of PWMDs still limited. Income, care givers and residential areas had influences on their access. KEY WORDS Domain of accessibility, health service, movement disabilityPublication Respiratory Tract Problems among Wood Furniture Manufacturing Factory Workers in the Northeast of Thailand(Kathmandu University, 2015) Soongkhang, I; Laohasiriwong, WABSTRACT Background Wood furniture manufacturing factory workers are at high risk of exposure to wood dust in wood working processes. Wood dust exposure could cause respiratory symptoms, such as reduce lung function, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. The Northeast region of Thailand has many wood furniture manufacturing factories. However, limited studies were carried out to explore the effect of wood dust exposure on workers. Objective This study aimed to assess the respiratory symptoms and determine factors associated with these symptoms among wood furniture manufacturing factory workers. Method This cross-sectional analytical research used a multistage random sampling to select 511 workers from three provinces in the Northeast of Thailand. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire interview. The content validity of questionnaire was tested by 3 experts and had a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.82. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regressions. Result The result indicated that 29.94% of these workers had respiratory symptoms, including coughing(18.79%), nasal secretion (15.66%), and stuffy nose (15.07%). Factors that were significantly associated with respiratory symptoms (p–value<0.05) were (a) not always wearing mask (adjusted OR=2.26;95% CI=1.37-3.72), (b) low to medium level of knowledge on dust prevention (adjusted OR=1.83;95% CI=1.23- 2.73) and (c) contacted softwood dust (adjusted OR=1.97;95% CI= 1.06-3.64). Conclusion About 30% of wood furniture manufacturing factory workers had respiratory symptoms with related to both personal preventive behaviors and their working environments. Therefore, the raising awareness for using personal protective equipment during work will help them to prevent from various respiratory track problems. KEY WORDS Northeast of Thailand, respirable dust, respiratory symptoms, wood dust, wood furniture manufacturing.Publication Self-Efficacy in Child Rearing and Quality of Life among Adolescent Mothers in the Northeast of Thailand(Kathmandu University, 2017) Sungworawongpana, K; Laohasiriwong, W; Thinkhamrop, BABSTRACT Background Incidence of adolescent pregnancy has been increasing continuously in Thailand. These adolescent mothers might face various problems such as social acceptance, poor knowledge of child rearing with affect their quality of life. However, there are insufficient studies quality of life and the associated factors of the adolescent mothers in the biggest region, the Northeast of Thailand. Objective To identify the level of quality of life and the association between self-efficacy, ability in child rearing and quality of life of adolescent mothers in the Northeast of Thailand. Method Cross-sectional study with systematic randomization 232 adolescents who gave a first singleton live birth in a hospital, with data collection done through a structured questionnaire administration. The multiple logistic regressions were used to determine the association. Result The majority of postpartum adolescent mothers were age 18 years old (52.59%). All participants were primiparous mothers. Almost all of adolescent mothers had senior relative within family assisting in child rearing (90.95%). Nearly half of them (46.98%) had high scores of quality of life on living and child rearing. Most of the mothers perceived self-efficacy during pregnancy or pre-childbearing in moderate level (87.93%). However, only 36.64% had high level of self-efficacy on living and child rearing. Majority had moderate to high scoring of stress on living and child rearing (65.52%). Only 32.06% received high scoring of social support on living and child rearing. The multiple logistic regressions were used to measure association of significant factors by backward elimination. Factors associated with quality of life in postpartum adolescent mothers were no stress (adjusted odds ratio: AOR = 4.37, 95% CI; 2.29 to 8.30, p-value < 0.001), high level of self-efficacy (AOR = 4.01, 95% CI; 2.04 to 7.88, p-value < 0.001), and high level of social support (AOR = 3.31, 95% CI; 1.74 to 6.31, p-value < 0.001). Conclusion Social support, self-efficacy and stress have strong influences on quality of life of the postpartum adolescent mothers. Therefore relevant sectors should develop system to improve social support and child rearing competency of adolescent since pregnancy and postpartum. KEY WORDS Adolescent, child rearing, postpartum, quality of life, self-efficacy