Open AccessPostdischarge coping difficulties and influencing factors of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Li Wen,
Zhang Yan,
Wei Lili
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1186
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational diabetes , coping (psychology) , cross sectional study , diabetes mellitus , obstetrics , gestational age , type 2 diabetes mellitus , parity (physics) , pregnancy , gestation , clinical psychology , endocrinology , genetics , physics , pathology , particle physics , biology
Aims and objectives To identify coping difficulties after discharge and influencing factors of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Design A cross‐sectional descriptive survey was conducted with gestational diabetes mellitus women from four tertiary hospitals in the Shandong Peninsula in China. Methods The study consists of 252 gestational diabetes mellitus women. Survey measures included demographic information, quality of discharge teaching scale, readiness for hospital discharge scale and postdischarge coping difficulty scale. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to explore the factors of coping difficulties after discharge. Results The situation of coping difficulties in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus after discharge is not optimistic. Age, education level, type of birth, parity, quality of discharge teaching and discharge readiness are six factors that significantly influence postdischarge coping difficulties.