Mary Carolan|Cheryl Steele|Heather Margetts
Attitudes towards gestational diabetes among a multiethnic cohort in Australia
aims study aimed examine attitudes beliefs towards gestational diabetes multiethnic sample pregnant women gestational diabetes background women noncaucasian background disproportionately represented gestational diabetes statistics particular importance multicultural australia increasing numbers noncaucasian women give birth design crosssectional survey methods diabetes attitude scale version 3 administered 200 women gestational diabetes vietnamese indian filipino caucasian backgrounds results total 143 questionnaires returned indicating response rate 715 significant group differences terms educational level p 0001 english fluency p 0001 lower educational level though english language fluency associated poorer appreciation gestational diabetes serious condition also lower valuing tight glucose control effect seen irrespective ethnic group indian vietnamese women indicated lower valuing patient autonomy also reported less negative psychological effects caucasian filipino women conclusions women noncaucasian ethnicities may risk poorer selfmanagement gestational diabetes related lower education lower health literacy lower appreciation gestational diabetes serious condition relevance clinical practice nurses midwives provide information advice women gestational diabetes knowledge factors impact attitude towards gestational diabetes among multiethnic populations important developing educational programmes address needs