Knowledge level on gestational diabetes among pregnant women in a secondary-level hospital

This is an analytical, cross-sectional, observational study conducted with 374 pregnant women at the Regional General Hospital of Orizaba. They were administered an instrument measuring knowledge levels about risk factors and maternal-fetal complications of gestational diabetes. The study was carried out from February to September 2024. Descriptive statistics were used to obtain frequencies and percentages for qualitative variables, while quantitative variables were expressed through measures of central tendency. Inferential statistics were used to analyze the association between knowledge level and sociodemographic and/or clinical factors (age, marital status, education, occupation, locality, socioeconomic level, comorbidities, history of diabetes).