Association between Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Antenatal Women in Community Health Clinics in Selangor
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https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3088Keywords:
Knowledge; Attitude; Practice and Gestational Diabetes MellitusAbstract
The increasing prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in community was an alarming public health issue. The study aim was to identify the association between knowledge, attitude, and practice of antenatal women towards GDM. Knowledge and practice were found high among respondents, representing 87.6% and 54.1%. Regarding the association between knowledge, attitude, and practice, only level of knowledge had an association with the level of attitude with p-value 0.001, and the study also found that, in 1 point increase in knowledge corresponds to an increase of 0.059 in practice and 1 point increase in attitude corresponds to increase 0.088 in practice.
Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3088