Aim: To assess women's compliance with post- partum glucose screening. Design: A
descriptive study design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at post-natal units at Ain
Shams maternity university hospital. Sampling: A purposive sampling was used to recruit 360
women. Tool of data collection: A structured interviewing questionnaire named "mother's
knowledge regarding post-partum glucose screening and Barriers affecting women's compliance
with post- partum glucose screening" was used. Results: 59.2% among studied sample had incorrect
total knowledge regarding post-partum glucose screening (PPGS). Moreover, 75% of studied
sample did not comply with (PPGS). Hence, 78.6% of women had “health team's factors as a reason
for non-compliance with postpartum glucose screening test; followed by the second factor which
represented 65.0% of women had women's factors as barriers for adherence with postpartum glucose
screening test. there were highly statistically significant moderate positive correlation between total
studied sample knowledge regarding gestational diabetes during pregnancy, postpartum glucose
screening of the studied women's and their total score of factors affecting their compliance with
post-partum glucose screening (p -value<0.001)Conclusion: The present study findings concluded
that more than half of studied sample had in-correct total knowledge regarding PPGS. The majority of
studied sample did not comply with PPGS. More than three quarter of studied sample had a health
team factors as the most prominent reason which prevented them to comply with the screening test.
Recommendations: Design and implement motivational guideline for gestational diabetic women
to improve their compliance with PPGS.