Background: Gestational diabetes is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy; and it affects 11% of all pregnancies. Aim of this study is to : Evaluate the effect of educational programme for recently diagnosed Gestational Diabetic Women on their Knowledge and clinical outcome.Research Design: Quasi-experimental research design (One group pre-test, post-test).Subject: purposive sampleof (74) recruited pregnant women from Minia university hospital for maternity and child at antenatal care Department. Tools of data collection:three tools used as; self-administered Questionnaire,knowledge assessment,and clinical outcome assessment.Results:the majority of gestational diabetic women (93.2%, 97.3%) had good knowledge in immediate and Post 3 months respectively as compared in pre-educational program(23.0%) with highly statistically significance differences in which (P=0.000.);and there were highly statistically significance differences between pre and post educational program among gestational diabetes women regarding their clinical outcome random blood glucose and amniotic fluid amount in which (P=0.002, 0.001).Conclusion: study of educational programme is an effective method for improving women knowledge regarding gestational diabetes. Current study revealed that the gestational diabetic women had higher level of knowledge scores as well as improvement of clinical outcomes (random blood glucose and BMI) post-test significantly after education program as compared to their values at pretest.Recommendation: Providing educational program for recently diagnosed gestational diabetic women about proper management of GDM. Applying Counseling tips in gestational diabetic women discharge teaching plan to maintain healthy life style and maximum glycemic control prior to a future conception.
Background: Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common gynecologic disorders. It is the greatest single cause of lost work and school days among adolescent girls. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice among adolescent girls regarding dysmenorrhea. Subjects and methods: A descriptive research design was utilized to fulfill the aim of this study. Purposive samples composed of 300 girl students were recruited from two governmental secondary schools. Tools for data collection were consisted of five tools: a structure selfadministrative interview questionnaire, visual analogue scale, knowledge assessment, attitude scale, and practice assessment. Results: 45.3% of the adolescent's girls had moderate pain, 41.3% of the adolescent's girls take analgesic during dysmenorrhea, 79.7% of adolescent's girls had unsatisfactory knowledge level, 87.0% of them had poor practice during dysmenorrhea, and 55.7% of them had positive attitude toward dysmenorrhea. Conclusion: about half of the adolescent's girls had moderate pain, more than one quarter of them had pain in lower abdomen, back, and legs and the majority of adolescent's girls had unsatisfactory knowledge level, poor practice during dysmenorrhea, but more than half of them had positive attitude toward dysmenorrhea. Recommendation: initiate educational program during adolescent stage by using a multitude of audiovisual materials that suite for each adolescent's girls and achieve a satisfactory level
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