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. 2023 Sep 26;16:4365–4376. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S423565

Table 2.

Questionnaire Scores Stratified According to the Demographic/Clinical Characteristics of the Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Knowledge Score P Attitude Score P Practice Score P
Total 11.55±3.04 34.23±4.06 10.7±2.87
Age (years) 0.501 0.579 0.242
 ≤30 11.49±3.15 34.35±4.33 10.74±2.98
 31–35 11.71±2.99 34.23±3.64 10.50±2.77
 ≥36 11.22±2.74 33.73±4.38 11.20±2.77
Body mass index (kg/m2) 0.043 0.030 0.270
 <18.5 12.27±2.91 34.71±4.86 11.31±2.71
 18.5–23.9 11.63±3.01 34.48±3.73 10.59±2.81
 ≥24 11.06±3.10 33.41±4.44 10.72±3.06
Education <0.001 <0.001 0.183
 Senior middle school/technical secondary school or lower 8.16±3.21 31.70±5.99 10.05±2.94
 Junior college/college 11.91±2.79 34.39±3.70 10.75±2.87
 Master’s degree or higher 12.31±2.43 35.36±3.15 10.93±2.81
Occupation 0.310 <0.001 0.186
 Government administrator or leader of an enterprise or public institution 11.80±3.30 33.13±7.48 11.20±3.01
 Professional (teacher, doctor, engineering technician, writer, etc.) 11.76±2.83 35.19±3.37 11.01±2.62
 Clerk or relevant personnel 11.95±2.15 35.28±3.27 11.38±2.92
 Commercial business, service, farming, forestry, animal husbandry, fishing 10.97±3.13 32.35±4.33 10.58±2.77
 Others 11.59±3.20 34.37±3.87 10.44±3.00
Gravidity 0.115 0.799 0.622
 1 11.76±2.84 34.18±4.20 10.84±2.88
 2 11.56±3.14 34.45±3.47 10.63±2.76
 3 11.18±3.22 33.89±5.07 10.32±3.01
 ≥4 10.41±3.53 34.04±3.64 10.63±3.24
Parity 0.556 0.888 0.922
 0 11.65±2.93 34.16±4.10 10.70±2.97
 1 11.44±3.10 34.34±3.95 10.67±2.75
 ≥2 11.55±4.00 34.26±4.65 10.95±3.97
Method of pregnancy 0.377 0.490 0.498
 Natural conception 11.52±3.06 34.25±4.07 10.68±2.89
 Assisted reproduction 12.08±2.43 33.67±4.02 11.08±2.55
Polycystic ovarian syndrome 0.817 0.177 0.332
 Yes 11.65±2.74 34.98±3.43 10.31±3.08
 No 11.54±3.07 34.15±4.12 10.74±2.85
Family history of diabetes mellitus 0.133 0.483 0.120
 Yes 11.94±2.99 34.47±4.35 11.07±2.99
 No 11.44±3.04 34.16±3.98 10.59±2.83
History of macrosomia 0.074 0.927 0.236
 Yes 10.00±3.64 34.33±3.68 11.67±1.56
 No 11.59±3.01 34.22±4.08 10.67±2.89