The Relationship between Health Literacy and Health Promoting Behaviors of Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Keywords:
Health literacy, Health-promoting behaviors, Gestational diabetes mellitusAbstract
Health literacy affects the self-care behaviors of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and results in good pregnancy outcomes. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to investigate the relationship between health literacy and health-promoting behaviors of pregnant women with GDM. The sample included 80 pregnant women with GDM who visited the antenatal care department of the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, from March 2021 to September 2022. The data collection instruments included questionnaires on health literacy and health-promoting behaviors of pregnant women with GDM. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
The results revealed that the participants had a good level of health literacy (M = 4.06, SD = .42). Health-promoting behaviors were at a moderate level (M = 2.16, SD = .27) while health literacy had a positive statistically significant correlation with health-promoting behaviors at a moderate level (r = .506, p < .001).
The results of this study can be used as a database for developing GDM guidelines for enhancing health literacy by promoting health behaviors.
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