Discussion
This study, performed with the objective of
characterizing the effect of patient education
according to HPM and Social-Cognitice Theory
in pregnants with GDM, showed patient
education contributed to a major improvement in
Gestational Diabetes and Management
Achievement Test mean scoresand metabolic
control follows-up scoresin intervention group,
hovewer didn’t contribute in usual care group.
This resultconfirms the hypothesis of the study.
Starting from these findings, it is believed that
the education given to intervention group is
effective in the blood glucose regulation and to
increase the level of knowledge about GDM of
the pregnants.