Victoria University, College of Health and Biomedicine, St Alban's Campus, PO Box 14228, Melbourne, 8001, Australia.
Research Fellow, School of Nursing & Midwifery - Western Health Partnership, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Patient Educ Couns. 2021 Aug;104(8):2112-2118. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.01.029. Epub 2021 Jan 29.
At present, there are few validated tools that measure women's knowledge of GDM and no tool was located, that measured effective self-management of GDM. To address this gap, this study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the 'Knowledge of GDM' questionnaire, for use by pregnant women.
A total of 116 pregnant women, with recently diagnosed GDM, were recruited from a public hospital in Australia. Content validity, construct validity, internal consistency reliability and test-retest reliability of the questionnaire were undertaken as part of the validation process.
The questionnaire performed well in terms of content validity and internal consistency. Test-retest reliability indicated that the instrument was effective at measuring knowledge of GDM over time.
we concluded that the Knowledge of GDM questionnaire is a reliable and valid measure of GDM knowledge, nutrition values and self-management principles.
The questionnaire can be used to effectively determine knowledge gaps and the information needs of pregnant women with GDM. This information can then be used to improve health literacy and provide targeted support for women to better self-manage GDM.
目前，用于衡量女性对 GDM 了解程度的有效工具较少，也没有专门用于衡量 GDM 有效自我管理的工具。为了弥补这一空白，本研究旨在评估“GDM 知识”问卷用于孕妇时的有效性和可靠性。
本研究共招募了 116 名来自澳大利亚公立医院的新近诊断为 GDM 的孕妇。作为验证过程的一部分，对问卷进行了内容有效性、结构有效性、内部一致性可靠性和重测信度评估。
该问卷在内容有效性和内部一致性方面表现良好。重测信度表明，该工具在一段时间内有效地测量了 GDM 知识。
我们得出结论，“GDM 知识”问卷是衡量 GDM 知识、营养值和自我管理原则的可靠和有效的工具。
该问卷可用于有效确定 GDM 孕妇的知识差距和信息需求。然后可以利用这些信息来提高健康素养，并为女性提供有针对性的支持，以更好地自我管理 GDM。
