Effect of nurse-led intervention on knowledge and preventive behavior of diabetic pregnant women regarding COVID-19 associated mucromycosis infection in mid-delta region of Egypt

Table 5 Diabetes self-care Practice for Prevention of Mucormycosis (n = 73 participants)

Variables			Pre Intervention		Three Months Post Intervention		p-value ^a
Variables			No	%	No	%	p-value ^a
Personal hygiene assessment for prevention of Mucormycosis	Hand washing technique	- Competent - Incompetent	17 56	23.3 76.7	69 4	94.5 5.5	< 0.001
	Respiratory protection as Wearing cloth face covering	- Competent - Incompetent	16 57	21.9 78.1	38 35	52.1 47.9	< 0.001
	Respiratory protection as removal of cloth face covering	- Competent - Incompetent	11 62	15.1 84.9	37 36	50.7 49.3	< 0.001
Glucose control	Insulin Administration	- Competent - Incompetent	9 64	12.3 87.7	41 32	56.2 43.8	< 0.001
Glucose control	Blood glucose Monitoring	- Competent - Incompetent	12 61	16.4 83.6	47 26	64.4 35.6	< 0.001
Diabetes self-care Mucormycosis Preventive Practice Score		Mean ± SD Range	0.89 ± 1.38 0–5		3.18 ± 1.29 0–5		*p-value* ^b < 0.001

The overall score is calculated by summation of Personal hygiene & Insulin administration score answers; where incompetent = 0, and competent = 1, ^a McNemar test, ^bWilcoxon rank test

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