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. 2023 Apr 28:12:131.
doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1166_22. eCollection 2023.

Barriers and facilitating factors of postnatal blood glucose monitoring after structured intervention among mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus receiving care from a tertiary health centre, Puducherry - A qualitative study

Nandhini Manoharan  1 , Venkatachalam Jayaseelan  1 , Sitanshu Sekhar Kar  1 , Nivedita Jha  2
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Barriers and facilitating factors of postnatal blood glucose monitoring after structured intervention among mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus receiving care from a tertiary health centre, Puducherry - A qualitative study

Nandhini Manoharan et al. J Educ Health Promot. .

Abstract

Background: In India, women with GDM are at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Despite this, the rate of postnatal blood glucose monitoring is low, and the reasons are not well known. Hence, our study explored the barriers and facilitating factors associated with T2DM postnatal screening six weeks after delivery.

Materials and methods: We conducted a qualitative study among 21 mothers with GDM in obstetrics and gynecology department, women and child hospital (WCH), JIPMER, from December 2021 to January 2022. Mothers with GDM were selected purposively between 8 and 12 weeks after delivery to explore the barriers and facilitating factors associated with postnatal screening six weeks after getting mobile call reminders and health information booklet interventions. In-depth interviews were transcribed; manual content analysis with deductive and inductive coding was done.

Results: We identified two themes; three categories and subcategories that illustrated barriers and five categories that illustrated facilitators to postnatal blood glucose monitoring. Lack of awareness and misconceptions about GDM, knowledge practice gap, lack of family support, and perception of health system failure by mothers with GDM were barriers to postnatal blood glucose monitoring. Concerns about health, standard advice on postnatal screening, information in health education booklet, mobile reminders, and family support were found to be facilitators.

Conclusion: We found several barriers and facilitating factors that showed mobile call reminders and booklet interventions had improved postnatal blood glucose monitoring. Our qualitative study has strengthened the findings of the previous RCT, and it would provide more insights to develop further interventions which we must focus on improving postnatal blood glucose monitoring.

Keywords: Barriers; diabetes mellitus type 2; facilitating factors; gestational diabetes mellitus; postnatal care.

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