Effects of Self-Efficacy Promoting Program and Husband Support on Knowledge, Self-care Behaviors, and Blood Sugar Level Among Gestational Diabetic Women, Samutsakhon Hospital

Authors

  • patcharin namuangrak Metherat University
  • Jintana Tanprasert Samutsakhon Hospital, Samutsakhon Province

Keywords:

Self-Efficacy Promoting Program, Husband Support, Gestational diabetes mellitus.

Abstract

The objectives of this quasi-experimental study were to 1) compare knowledge of gestational diabetes, self-care behavior regarding eating and exercising of the experimental and control groups and 2) compare blood sugar levels 2 hours after meals of the experimental and control groups before and after participate the experiment. The sample group was pregnant women with type A1 gestational diabetes, divided into 2 groups, 25 people per group. The research tool was a program which encourage self-efficacy with support from their husbands and a questionnaire divided into 4 parts: a personal data recording form and blood sugar level, gestational diabetes knowledge test, food consumption behaviors questionnaire, and exercise behavior questionnaire. The reliability were 0.79, 0.82 and 0.83 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test. The results revealed that

  1. The mean score of knowledge, self-care behaviors of diet and exercise on the experimental group were significantly higher than before joining the program and significantly higher than the control group (p<. 001)
  2. The blood sugar level significantly lower than before joining the program and control group (p< .001).

The Self-Efficacy promoting program and husband support was effectiveness for increasing self-care behaviors of diet and exercise and reducing blood sugar level.

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2023-12-30

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