A qualitative research on health education needs of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (妊娠期糖尿病孕产妇健康教育需求的质性研究)

• Published in: 中西医结合护理 Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 25 - 29
• Main Authors: TAN Minjing (覃敏静), YANG Miaomiao (杨苗苗), WANG Kaihua (王凯华), LUO Chunmiao (罗春苗), ZHOU Jinchang (周金嫦)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Journal of International Translational Medicine Limited 01.05.2021
• Subjects: gestational diabetes mellitus; health education; pregnant women; psychosocial support; qualitative research; social support; 健康教育; 妊娠期糖尿病; 孕妇; 心理支持; 社会支持; 质性研究
• ISSN: 2709-1961
• DOI: 10.55111/j.issn2709-1961.202104126

Objective To understand the health education needs of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus, and provide references for the development of targeted nursing measures. Methods From October to December 2020, the purposive sampling was adopted to select 12 pregnant women with diabetes mellitus who gave birth in our hospital as the research objects. The phenomenological research method in the qualitative research was used to conduct semi-structured interviews. The Colaizzi's 7-step analysis method was used to analyze the data. Results Five themes were extracted: psychosocial support throughout the whole process, health education needs for diet and exercise treatment options, related discomforts and health education needs for coping, health education needs for home self-care, and diversified ways to obtain health education information. Conclusion The health education need of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus has its own particularity . Medical staff should pay attention to their needs an