Smith K E, Spiers M V, Freese M P
J Adolesc Health Care. 1987 Mar;8(2):193-7. doi: 10.1016/0197-0070(87)90264-6.
Previous research suggests that adolescent mothers and their infants may benefit from participation in specialized well-baby care programs. Yet the literature has not addressed the issue of predictive factors related to continued program participation. In a retrospective study, stepwise multiple regression analyses were used to explore this issue in 61 mothers from one well-baby program. The results were partially cross-validated using 59 other mothers. Mothers ranged in age from 13 to 17 years. Most were Black, single, and receiving public assistance. Twenty-two percent of the variance in the number of routine clinic visits made and 34% of the variance in the number of visits made for specific health problems were accounted for by the predictive equations. Cross-validation supported these results, with the most significant predictive variable for both measures of program participation being inconsistent appointment keeping.
先前的研究表明，青少年母亲及其婴儿可能会从参与专门的婴儿保健项目中受益。然而，文献尚未涉及与持续参与项目相关的预测因素问题。在一项回顾性研究中，采用逐步多元回归分析对来自一个婴儿保健项目的61位母亲进行了该问题的探讨。使用另外59位母亲对结果进行了部分交叉验证。母亲的年龄在13至17岁之间。大多数为黑人、单身且接受公共援助。预测方程解释了常规门诊就诊次数22%的方差以及特定健康问题就诊次数34%的方差。交叉验证支持了这些结果，项目参与度的两项衡量指标中最显著的预测变量均为预约不规律。
