The Effects of a New Blended Learning Program on Health Behaviors among Women at Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
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Blended Learning Program, Health Behaviors, Women at Risk for Gestational Diabetes MellitusAbstract
This two-group pretest-posttest pseudo-randomized controlled trial research aimed to examine the effects of a new blended (or hybrid) learning program on health behaviors among women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus. The experimental group received the blended learning program, while the control group did not. The participants were 52 pregnant women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus at the stage of 20 to 24 gestational weeks, receiving antenatal care at Udonthani Hospital, from August to November 2020. The 52 participants were randomly assigned into the control and experimental groups (26 per each) by tossing a coin. The experimental group received the blended learning program combined with the usual care, the control group received the usual care. The research instruments were: 1) the blended learning program and 2) the self-care handbook for women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus. The collecting data instruments included a personal data record form, as well as a questionnaire on health behavior for women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus developed by the researcher with a content validity index (CVI) of 1, and a reliability of .87. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Fisher’s exact test, independent t-test, and paired t-test. The results were as follows.
1.The experimental group, after receiving the blended learning program, had statistically significantly higher health behavior mean scores than before (p<.001).
2.The experimental group, after receiving the blended learning program, had a statistically significantly higher health behavior mean scores than the control group (p<.001)
The findings from this study suggest that nurse midwives can use this blended learning program, so to improve health behaviors among women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus.
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