The research intended to evaluate the effectiveness of an Educational Program for self care of Mellitus Diabetes in pregnant diabetics. At the same time, existing relationships among these variables and the results of Educational Program were found: clinic characteristics, social and economical conditions, and educational level of the patients. The design was quasi-experimental (with only a group of pre and posttest) correlational, longitudinal and prospective. A descriptive analysis was used; and also the statistic "t student" for analysis of the differences of independent and paired group averages. Sixty-four patients were under study for two years. Gestational Diabetes was found in 46.9% of them, 61.6% belonged to the social levels IV and V, and 31.3% had an incomplete elementary highschool-level education. The findings show the effectiveness of the Educational Program for the Self Care of Mellitus Diabetes applied to the patients of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Unit of the Ciudad Hospitalaria Dr. Enrique Tejera, Valencia-Venezuela.
Education; Self care; Diabetic pregnancy
