CompletedNot Applicable

Effectiveness of a Pender's Health Promotion Model-Based Diabetes Self-Management Program in Gestational Diabetes: A Clinical Trial

Turkey (Türkiye)71 participantsStarted 2025-01-15

Plain-language summary

The aim was to evaluate the effect of a nursing education intervention based on Pender's SGM on gestational diabetes management and healthy lifestyle behaviors for pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is there a difference between the total mean scores of the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale of the pregnant women in the intervention and control groups? 2. Is there a difference between the total mean scores of the Self-Efficacy in Gestational Diabetes Scale of the pregnant women in the intervention and control groups? 3. Is there a difference between the total mean scores of the Health Belief Model Scale in Diabetic Patients of the pregnant women in the intervention and control groups? 4. Is there a difference between the total mean scores of the Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale of the pregnant women in the intervention and control groups? 5. Is there a difference between the development of maternal complications (at least one complication) of the pregnant women in the intervention and control groups? 6. Is there a difference in the development of fetal complications (at least one complication) between the pregnant women in the intervention and control groups?

Who can participate

Age range19 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Able to communicate in Turkish, * Not having conditions that would create communication problems (mental, visual, hearing impairment), * Graduated from at least secondary school, * Having a singleton pregnancy between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy, * Not having been diagnosed with GDM in a previous pregnancy, * Not having been diagnosed with a risky pregnancy (adolescent pregnancy, preeclampsia, eclampsia, hypertension), * Not having a health problem that would prevent exercise (heart disease, respiratory diseases, risk of abortion, orthopedic problems), * Not having to follow a special diet program (Celiac disease, kidney disease, heart disease). * Not having a psychiatric diagnosis (psychosomatic disorders), * Having an endocrine disease known to affect blood glucose levels (hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism). Exclusion Criteria: * Wanting to leave at any stage of the study, * Not participating in the program at least once after joining the study (Signature chart follow-up, detection of non-continuation of daily follow-up), * Being diagnosed with a risky pregnancy at any stage of the study (preeclampsia, eclampsia, premature membrane rupture, systemic disease) * Incompletely filling in the data collection forms applied during the program.

What they're measuring

Health Belief Model Scale for Diabetes Patients

Timeframe: At 36-38 weeks of gestation

Gestational Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale

Timeframe: At 36-38 weeks of gestation

Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

Timeframe: At 36-38 weeks of gestation

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07060963

SponsorAnkara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-06-30

Results submitted2025-12-15

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Who can participate

Age range19 Years

SexFEMALE

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