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DETERMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES TOWARDS GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENANTAL CARE AT NEW MASALA CLINIC IN NDOLA:cross sectional study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) is a very essential component of gestational diabetes jurisdiction, but little information has been available in Ndola Zambia where Gestational Diabetes has been lately recognized as major public health problem. The study to clearly determine what interventions to carry out has not been undertaken in some areas such as New Masala Clinic and the surrounding areas. In this regard, a study was conducted guided by the following objective.
Objective:
To establish the levels of awareness about gestational diabetes among women attending antenatal care at New Masala Clinic.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted from the first to last week of June, 2018 at New Masala Clinic. Data was collected by a means of structured questionnaire covering 209 respondents and these were pregnant women. Collected data was analyzed using a statistical package SPSS version 20.
Results:
The proportion of pregnant women who had poor knowledge was 30.1% , average knowledge was 52.6% and only 17.2% had good knowledge. Radio and Television were cited as the main source of information. The attitude was good with 77.0% of the respondent having positive attitude attitude and the mean attitude score was 1.23 out of the possible points (Standard deviation 0.422). There was a statistically significance association between practice and knowledge (P=0.000). Only 21.4% (32) had good practice and there was a statistically significance association between practice and attitude (P=0.001).
Conclusions:
Overall, most respondents had poor knowledge about gestational diabetes. It was observed that poor score in knowledge and practice towards gestational diabetes. Continual reinforcement and motivation along with health education will certainly bring about a positive change in knowledge and practices. Consequently, intervention aimed at social and behavioral changes are required to address the gap highlighted by the study.
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