Sariya Tul Tahira, Iram Inam, Faisal Ashraf, Nimra Abid, Memuna Kanwal, Mizrah Mehreen.
Frequency of pregnant females with adequate knowledge regarding gestational diabetes visiting public and private sector hospital of Lahore.
J Allama Iqbal Med Coll Jan ;20(1):17-21.

Background & Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a perfect window of opportunity for the prevention of DM in two generations, and its incidence is increasing in the world. Awareness of the condition among antenatal women may translate into prevention and early diagnosis of the disease. This study aims to assess the frequency of female with good knowledge regarding GDM during pregnancy, as only few females are aware of it. There is no local evidence available in this regard which could help us in determining the level of awareness in females belonging to local population regarding GDM. Methods: Overall, 230 females fulfilling the selection criteria were enrolled in the study from OPD of Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology of both hospitals. Informed consent was obtained. Demographic information (name, age, gestational age, parity, education level and socioeconomic status) was also noted. Then females were interviewed with researcher herself regarding their knowledge about GDM during pregnancy and adequate knowledge was noted (as per operational definition). All this information was recorded through pre-designed proforma. Results: In our study, out of 230 cases, mean age was calculated as 28.38+3.71 years; mean gestational age was 28.84+3.38 weeks, frequency of adequate knowledge regarding gestational diabetes in pregnant females was recorded in 15.65%(n=36). Conclusion: We concluded that the frequency of pregnant females with adequate knowledge regarding gestational diabetes is not high and needs some emergent steps to improve it for prevention of associated morbidities.

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