Accepted Article The effect of a new self-care guide package on maternal and neonatal outcomes in gestational diabetes: A randomized control trial Running Title: Self-care guide for gestational diabetes Mitra KOLIVAND 1,2 , Mehr Ali RAHIMI 3 , , Afsaneh KERAMAT 4 , Mohammad SHARIATI 5 , Mohammad Hassan EMAMIAN 6 1 Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran 2 Midwifery department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. 3 Department of Internal Medicine. Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. 4 Reproductive Studies and Women’s Health Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. 5 Department of community medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 6 Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. Corresponding Author Mohammad Hassan Emamian, MD PhD Postal Address; 7 Tir SQ, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran Phone; +98 9124731733 Fax; +98 23 32394852 Email: emamian@shmu.ac.ir This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jdb.12827