Effect of theory of planned behavior during early pregnancy in lowering incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus

VernacularTitle:妊娠早期计划行为理论干预降低妊娠期糖尿病发病率的效果
Author: Baohua GOU ¹ ; Huimin GUAN ; Bingjie DING
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1. 100050,首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院妇产科
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus,gestational; Theory of planned behavior; Early pregnancy
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;23(29):3765-3768
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of applying theory of planned behavior (TPB) during early pregnancy in preventing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among high risk group, so as to lower incidence of GDM.Methods Patients selected were divided, according to the random number table generated by the computer, into control group and intervention group. Patients in the control group received routine pregnancy education, while patients in the intervention group were intervened by nursing measures constructed with TPB as the framework, and the incidence of GDM was analyzed byχ2test.Results Incidence of GDM in the intervention group was 14.9% (14/94), lower than that in the control group, 26.8% (26/97) (χ2=4.090, P=0.043).Conclusions Nursing intervention basing on TPB during early pregnancy can reduce the incidence of GDM.