Abstract

Gestational diabetes is disorder in carbohydrate tolerance that is diagnosed during pregnancy for the first time. The awareness and attitude of women about gestational diabetes will be effective in disease prevention and its complications and early detection. In this descriptive-sectional study, 300 pregnant women who have referred to Zabol's health centers during 2014 were studied. For data collection, a questionnaire was set containing demographic questions, knowledge (17 questions), attitude (9 questions), and performance (8 questions) that by pregnant women was answered. Of the mothers participating in the study, 175 patients (58.3) had average awareness, 206 patients (68.7) had good attitude and 168 patients (56) had good performance. Factors such as education level, age of pregnancy, source of information in attitude of pregnant women and gestational age and job is influenced on performance of pregnant women than gestational diabetes and there was not observed a significant relationship between age, the number of pregnancy times and history of abortion in pregnant women with their attitude and performance to gestational diabetes. Mother's education level and source of information of mothers, age of pregnancy and job are the most important issues influencing their attitude and performance in relation to gestational diabetes.