Educational program for Health Literacy among Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes: its effect on Maternal & fetal outcomes

Abstract

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM.) it has unfolded as a global public health problem. as well as the major part of (GDM.) management including educated pregnant women about diet, exercise, self-managements and monitoring of insulin to get better outcomes for the maternal and fetal health. the recent guidelines reported that knowledge and commitment level of health-care providers help for recuperation so must be recognized need for the advancement of health resources by educate and encourage women to self-manage their GDM. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of educational program for health literacy knowledge level of pregnant women with Gestational diabetes on Maternal & fetal outcomes. Methods: This A prospective, quasi-experimental design that are affiliated to Women's Health University Hospital at Assiut city (Upper Egypt), on 50 pregnant women with (GDM.) between 28-36 gestational weeks who were interviewed for assessment of their knowledge and participate in the education program, two tools were used in this study, namely Pre-test and post-test knowledge questionnaire as well as educational program booklet. Results: The most of women in the present study were aged from (20 < 30) years old, the common were presence of first-degree relatives with diabetes mellitus in 22(44%) women followed by presence of multiple risk factors in12(24%), The difference in levels of pre and post-test knowledge before and after education score resulted in significant improvement (p<0.001). The used of educational program resulted in significant improvement (P. value <0.001) of max score of knowledge before and after education after receiving program. while found no significant statistical difference between moderately and well-educated studied women for maternal and fetal outcomes. Conclusions: The educational intervention in the present study, was significantly effective on knowledge and attitude of pregnant women with gestational diabetes.