Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

KAP study of mothers with diabetes in pregnancy

Shagufta Yousuf, Aastha Garg, Sadhna Sharma

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Background: In developing counties diabetes during pregnancy is a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Knowledge, attitude and perception of pregnant women pertaining to diabetes during pregnancy have a significant impact on overall pregnancy outcome. Material and Methods: Two hundred diabetic mothers were enrolled for the study and were assessed for their knowledge, perception and attitude pertaining to diabetes in pregnancy and findings were recorded in a predesigned proforma. Observations and Results: Out of 200 mothers, only 24 (12%) of the mothers were aware of the normal level of blood glucose levels during pregnancy and 10 (5%) were aware about the causes of high blood glucose levels during pregnancy. Only 16% of the mothers were aware about the adverse effects of diabetes on mother’s health and over all less than 50% were aware of the adverse pregnancy outcome. Forty five (45%) of the women were aware of the treatment options available. Seventy three percent of the mothers were attending antenatal clinics regularly and as money as 53% were on some form of medical treatment including dietary restrictions, oral metformin or insulin therapy. Despite being diabetic nearly half of the women (47%) were not on any form of treatment. Despite being diabetic as many as 1/3rd of the mothers were not taking any anti-diabetic medications Conclusions: Pregnant women in our setup do not have sufficient knowledge pertaining to diabetes during pregnancy. Their perception of complication of diabetes in pregnancy is also poor and attitude towards preventing and treating diabetes poor too.

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KAP STUDY OF MOTHERS WITH DIABETES IN PREGNANCY, Shagufta Yousuf, Aastha Garg, Sadhna Sharma GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2019


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