“Effectiveness Of Demonstration On Knowledge And Practice Regarding Self Administration Of Insulin Among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Gdm) Women Attending Diabetic Clinic In Selected Hospitals Of The City: A Pre Experimental City”

Abstract

Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) with onset or initial diagnosis during pregnancy is known as Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). Worldwide, one in 10 pregnancies is associated with diabetes, 90% of which are Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).

Objective- 1. To assess the pre-test knowledge and practice regarding self administration of insulin among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) women attending diabetic clinic. 2. To assess the post- test knowledge and practice regarding self administration of insulin among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) women attending diabetic clinic. 3. To compare the pre- test and post- test knowledge and practice regarding self administration of insulin among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Women attending diabetic clinic. 4. To correlate the knowledge and practice regarding self administration of insulin among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Women attending diabetic clinic.5. To evaluate the effectiveness of demonstration on knowledge and practice regarding self administration of insulin among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) women attending diabetic clinic.

1. To find out the association of knowledge and practice score with their selected demographic variables.

Methodology- In specific hospitals of the city, a pre- experimental one group pre-test and post- test research design with a methodology of quantitative research was used among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) women attending diabetic clinic using non-probability purposive sampling technique consisting of 60 samples.

Result- Analysis showed that post test mean knowledge and practice score demonstrated appreciable increments. Also positive correlation was found between knowledge and practice, calculated ‘t’ value for knowledge and practice i.e.56.70 and 30.47 respectively showed demonstrations of knowledge and practice among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) women attending diabetic clinic was effective.

Conclusion: The study concludes association of post-test knowledge score with age (in year), education, , duration of gestational diabetes mellitus (in months), previous knowledge on self administration of insulin and association of post-test practice score with previous knowledge on self administration of insulin. Therefore, it may be inferred statistically that demonstration on self administration of insulin among Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) women attending diabetic clinic was effective.