Lifestyle intervention for gestational diabetes prevention in rural woman of Shoush city
نویسندگان
1 Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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4 Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
5 Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Physical activity and nutrition interventions are the most important ways to preventgestational diabetes. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of healthy lifestyleintervention to promote preventive behaviors of gestational diabetes in the rural woman of Shoush city.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In an experimental study, 60 pregnant women were selected usingsimple random sampling and allocate into intervention group (n = 30) and nutrition program. Thestudy was conducted from September to June 2018. The data were collected in baseline and 1 monthand 3 months of follow‑up phase and were analyzed using Chi‑square test, repeated‑measure test,and generalized linear model (GLM). The α = 0.05 was considered as significance.RESULTS: The mean age in the intervention and control group was 25.9 ± 5.6 and 27.2 ± 5.9,respectively. The GLM test showed a significant increase in the physical activity level and the meanof nutrition behaviors within the intervention group over time (P = 0.013). Further, based on the resultsof repeated‑measure test, the mean of weekly MET‑minute was increased in the intervention groupin comparison to the control group at 1 month and 3 months of follow‑up (P < 0.001).DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The lifestyle interventions are appropriate programs to thereduction of the risk of development of gestational diabetes in pregnant women.
