NIVEL DE CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS GESTANTES SOBRE LA DIABETES GESTACIONAL Y SU ASOCIACIÓN CON FACTORES CLÍNICOS SOCIODEMOGRÁFICOS EN UNA CLÍNICA PRIVADA EN ECUADOR

Abstract

Gestational Diabetes (GD) is one of the most common metabolic disorders during pregnancy, which directly affects the maternal-fetal prognosis due to the complications it causes. This study is cross-sectional and its main objective was to evaluate the level of knowledge about GD and its relationship with sociodemographic and clinical factors of women who attend prenatal consultation at a clinic in Daule. For this, a previously validated survey was used, with 23 items that evaluated knowledge about the risk factors and complications of GD. The level of knowledge was divided into six categories: “Random”, “Very low”, “Low”, “Fair”, “Good” and “Very good”. It was found that in general the level of knowledge of the patients was low 77% (n=150), likewise, a relationship was identified between the sociodemographic and clinical variables and the level of knowledge since the variables presented an asymptotic significance ( <0.05), but those that had a relatively strong association were the variables of education (V=0.51), locality (V=0.58), History of GD (V= 0.32) and the history of having received talks on DG (V=0.47). In conclusion, it was possible to meet the objectives proposed in the research. Furthermore, it is important that health professionals provide personalized information to patients so that they can satisfy their needs.