[
    {
        "id": "osp-10722",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "The Effect of a Self-Efficacy-Enhancing Intervention on Perceived Self-Efficacy and Actual Adherence to Healthy Behaviours Among Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al Hashmi",
                "given": "Iman"
            },
            {
                "family": "Hodge",
                "given": "Felicia"
            },
            {
                "family": "Thomas",
                "given": "Karabi"
            },
            {
                "family": "Elizabeth",
                "given": ""
            },
            {
                "family": "Brecht",
                "given": "Mary-Lynn"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/the-effect-of-a-self-efficacy-enhancing-intervention-on-perceived-self-efficacy-and-actual-adherence-to-healthy-behaviours-among-women-with-gestationa",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "18",
        "issue": "4",
        "page": "e513-319",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2018.18.04.014",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-efficacy-enhancing intervention (SEEI) on perceived self-efficacy and actual adherence to healthy behaviours among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: This comparative pre-post study was conducted at the Antenatal Clinic of the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, between October 2016 and January 2017. A total of 90 adult Omani women with GDM were randomised to either a control group receiving standard prenatal care or a SEEI group. The SEEI group received an additional health education session and biweekly text messages to encourage adherence to healthy behaviours. All participants completed self-reported standardised questionnaires to determine perceived self-efficacy and actual adherence at baseline and after four weeks. Results: At baseline, there were no significant differences between the control and SEEI groups in mean scores for perceived self-efficacy (122.9 ± 19.9 versus 118.2 ± 19.5; P = 0.26) or actual adherence to healthy behaviours (3.1 ± 1.2 versus 3.2 ± 1.0; P = 0.23). However, after four weeks, there was a significant positive difference between the SEEI and control groups in terms of pre-post change in scores for both perceived self-efficacy (9.9 ± 19.6 versus −1.8 ± 17.6; P"
    }
]