• Ms Elizabeth David
• Mrs Kavita Kelkar
• Dr. Mrs. Nisha Naik
• Mrs. Rupali Salvi

God created families and gave mothers a unique place in that unit. There is no doubt that childbirth is a life changing event. Unfortunately, as wonderful and joyful experience as it for many. It can also be difficult period, bringing with it new problems as well as suffering. With an estimated 50.8 million people living with diabetes, India has the largest diabetes population in the world. Diabetes complicates and 20% of all pregnancies worldwide, which includes presentational diabetes mellitus and GDM. Gestational diabetes mellitus is a perfect window of opportunity for the prevention of DM in two generations, and its incidence is increasing in our country. Awareness of the conditions among antenatal women will translate into prevention and early diagnosis of the disease. In the past decade, the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus has been increasing worldwide. In 2015 alone, it was estimated that 20.9 million women had hyperglycaemia in pregnancy, 85.1% of which were due to GDM. GDM is associated with an increased risk of pre-eclampsia for mothers in the antepartum period and a higher risk of macrosomia, hypoglycaemia, jaundice, respiratory distress syndrome and hypocalcaemia in infants. After delivery, though the glucose levels return to normal, the mother is at a higher risk for type 2 DM. Gestational diabetes affects 3-10% of pregnancies, depending on the population studied. Approximately 7% of all pregnancies are complicated by GDM, resulting in more than 200,000 cases annually. In the United States 21 million people (7% of the population) have some form of diagnosed diabetes. Another 6 million people may be undiagnosed. The present study title:. A Study To Assess The Effect Of Planned Teaching On Knowledge Regarding Gestational Diabetes Among The Antenatal Mothers Admitted In Selected Hospitals. The objectives of the study to identify the knowledge regarding gestational diabetes mellitus among the antenatal mothers, to determine the effect of teaching of gestational diabetes mellitus among antenatal mothers, to correlate the association between level of knowledge and selected demographic variables among the gestational diabetes antenatal mothers. Material and Methods: In present study, researcher adopted Experimental pre-test design for this study The study carried out 60 samples. Ethical clearance was taken. A Non-probability Purposive Sampling Technique was used. The significance was calculated by using mean, standard deviation, and calculated ’t’ value, and association was done by Fisher's exact test with demographic variable. Result: In Pre-test knowledge score regarding gestational diabetes mellitus among the antenatal mothers by Frequency and Percentage. In pre-test, majority 52 i.e. (86.7%) of them had average knowledge (Score 7-12) where as minority i.e. 03 i.e. (5%) of the antenatal mothers had poor knowledge (Score 0-6) regarding gestational diabetes mellitus, and 05 i.e. (8.3%) of them had good knowledge (Score 13-18) regarding gestational diabetes mellitus.In camparison Majority of samples 52 i.e. (86.7%) were having average (7-12) knowledge and none of the sample was having excellent knowledge in pre-test regarding gestational diabetes mellitus whereas majority of samples 58 i.e. (96.7%) were having excellent (7-12) knowledge and minority 02 i.e. (3.3%) of the sample was having Good (13-18) knowledge in post-test regarding gestational diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: The’t’ test done to find the significant effect of Plan Teaching on knowledge of GDM for antenatal mothers revealed that there is a highly significant gain in the knowledge. Educating people on GDM by plan teaching have significant effect in improving their knowledge. This was helpful for better prevention and treatment.

Effect, Knowledge , Antenatal mothers , Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

"A Study to Assess the Effect of Planned Teaching on Knowledge Regarding Gestational Diabetes Among The Antenatal Mothers Admitted In Selected Hospitals.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.136-148, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907I20.pdf

"A Study to Assess the Effect of Planned Teaching on Knowledge Regarding Gestational Diabetes Among The Antenatal Mothers Admitted In Selected Hospitals.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp136-148, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907I20.pdf