Aim: To assess women’s compliance with post- partum glucose screening. Design: A descriptive study design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at post-natal units at Ain Shams maternity university hospital. Sampling: A purposive sampling was used to recruit 360 women. Tool of data collection: A structured interviewing questionnaire named "mother’s knowledge regarding post-partum glucose screening and Barriers affecting women’s compliance with post- partum glucose screening" was used. Results: 59.2% among studied sample had incorrect total knowledge regarding post-partum glucose screening (PPGS). Moreover, 75% of studied sample did not comply with (PPGS). Hence, 78.6% of women had “health team’s factors as a reason for non-compliance with postpartum glucose screening test; followed by the second factor which represented 65.0% of women had women’s factors as barriers for adherence with postpartum glucose screening test. there were highly statistically significant moderate positive correlation between total studied sample knowledge regarding gestational diabetes during pregnancy, postpartum glucose screening of the studied women’s and their total score of factors affecting their compliance with post-partum glucose screening (p -value<0.001)Conclusion: The present study findings concluded that more than half of studied sample had in-correct total knowledge regarding PPGS. The majority of studied sample did not comply with PPGS. More than three quarter of studied sample had a health team factors as the most prominent reason which prevented them to comply with the screening test. Recommendations: Design and implement motivational guideline for gestational diabetic women to improve their compliance with PPGS.
, E, E., K., A., R,, M., & H, M. (2022). Women’s Compliance with Post- Partum Glucose Screening. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 13(4), 834-842. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.265167
MLA
Eltoukhy , E; Abu-shabana K.; Mohamed R,; Mahmoud H. "Women’s Compliance with Post- Partum Glucose Screening", Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 13, 4, 2022, 834-842. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.265167
HARVARD
, E, E., K., A., R,, M., H, M. (2022). 'Women’s Compliance with Post- Partum Glucose Screening', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 13(4), pp. 834-842. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.265167
VANCOUVER
, E, E., K., A., R,, M., H, M. Women’s Compliance with Post- Partum Glucose Screening. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022; 13(4): 834-842. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.265167
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