Naslov
How well are pregnant women in Croatia informed about the oral glucose tolerance test?

Autori
Banković Radovanović, Patricija ; Kocijančić, Marija

Izvornik
Biochemia Medica (1330-0962) 25 (2015), 2; 230-236

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
preanalytical phase ; oral glucose tolerance test ; survey ; patient education ; gestational diabetes

Sažetak
Pre-analytical errors still constitute the largest source of errors in laboratory work. Proper patient preparation and patient's knowledge about a particular procedure affects its accuracy and reliability. We hypothesized that most of pregnant women are not well enough informed about the proper OGTT procedure. The aims of this study were to investigate: (i) how well pregnant women are informed about the OGTT procedure ; (ii) the most common way to inform pregnant women about OGTT procedure and (iii) whether pregnant women's level of knowledge about the OGTT procedure differ regarding source of information. The anonymous questionnaire was conducted across the country in 23 Croatian primary and secondary healthcare centres. The questionnaire contained 9 questions on certain demographic data and familiarity with OGTT procedure. All 343 participants filled the questionnaire before the first blood draw. 42% of the participants demonstrated high and 38% adequate level of knowledge about the OGTT procedure and majority of participants were informed about the procedure by gynaecologist (56%). The level of knowledge differed among participants with different sources of information (P=0.030). Further analysis showed that the level of knowledge was lower with pregnant women having received information from their gynaecologist compared to pregnant women who received information from the laboratory staff. In general, pregnant women are familiar with OGTT procedure, main source of information about the OGTT procedure is their gynaecologist, but the level of knowledge was higher in women who received information about the OGTT procedure from the laboratory staff.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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