A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Pamphlets on Knowledge Regarding Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Student Nurses in Selected Nursing Colleges in Lucknow

Author Name : Neelam Maurya, Misbah Izhar Siddiqui, Sandhya

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56025/IJARESM.2022.1081062

ABSTRACT

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is a condition that refers tohaving high blood glucose levels during pregnancy which is usually seen inthe 2^nd and late trimester during pregnancy as a consequence of the body’s inability to make and use all the insulin it needs during the gestation period. The main objective of the study is to assess the existing level of knowledge and to evaluate the effectiveness of pamphlets regarding Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among student nurses and association to pretest knowledge scores regarding Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among student nurses with their selected demographic variable.In a quantitative research approachpre-test post-test control group design, 50 samples were selected by convenient sampling technique. The result revealed that the score was found higher mean (11.72) and SD (2.54) with pre-test mean score (9.56) and SD (3.34) in the control group and in the experimental group the score was found higher mean (16.72) and SD (5.86)  with pre-test mean score(10.08) and SD (2.10). The calculated ‘t’value was 6.172 which was more than the tabulated value of 2.6 at a 0.05 level of significance and findings show that there was no significant association found between the pre-test knowledge score and their selected demographic variables. The study concluded that pamphlets were some extent effective in enhancing the knowledge regarding gestational diabetes mellitus among student nurses.

Keywords: -Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Pregnancy, Pamphlet, Nursing