Comparison of adherence to the diet of women with gestational diabetes under diet treapy between the groups with and without okra powder

Introduction: Following the diabetic diet is one of the most important challenges in controlling gestational diabetes. Maybe People receive a complementary therapy alongside with observance diet, found themselves more at risk, and have more adherence to the diet to control of blood sugar during pregnancy. Therefore, the study done with aim Comparison of adherence to the diet of women with gestational diabetes between the groups with and without okra powder.Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 60 Women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Units were selected by cluster and available method and then randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. Usual diet of gestational diabetes were trained in person In both groups. in addition The intervention group, took 6 grams of okra powder daily at breakfast and lunch. Adherence to dietary questionnaire at baseline and four weeks after the study was completed by the Research Unit. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 21 and independent t-test, T pair, Mann-Whitney test, Wilcoxon and covariance analysis.Results: Changes in diet adherence score after than before the intervention in the intervention group than the control group had no significant difference(P = 0.087). In the intergroup comparison in both groups, Changes in diet adherence before than after was significant(P <0.001).Conclusion: in this study, Adherence to the diet was not affected by dietary supplementary intervention.

Keywords:

Regiman adherence , gestational diabetes Mellitus , Abelmoschus esculentus