Autocuidado de diabetes gestacional en gestantes que acuden al control prenatal en un Hospital de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Introduction: Self-care in gestational diabetes is a complex challenge that requires a holistic and multifaceted approach, where the health professional must not only focus on glycemic management but also on promoting healthy and sustainable lifestyles to avoid complications in the maternal-fetal dyad. Objective: To determine the self-care of gestational diabetes among pregnant women who attend prenatal care at a hospital in Guayaquil. Methodology: Descriptive, quantitative, non-experimental, prospective, transversal, with a sample of 100 women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Results: in the sociodemographic profile, 40% were between 31 and 35 years old, 33% single, 39% with university studies; in self-care in nutrition, 38% with pre-gestational overweight, 24% with alteration of gestational weight gain, 72% with high consumption of proteins and 34% of fats, 36% not adherent to the diet and 79% without weekly self-monitoring of blood glucose ; in self-care in physical activity, 43% of 2 swimming per month, 62% of 2 walks per week and 96% of 1 aerobic exercise per month. Conclusion: Self-care is regularly implemented by pregnant women; it is necessary to intervene especially in education on nutrition and self-monitoring of glycemia.