ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2014
Follow-up of gestational diabetes mellitus in an urban safety net hospital: missed opportunities to launch preventive care for women.
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- Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Postpartum Diabetes Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2020Pooled it
- Appreciating Recent Motherhood and Culture: A Systematic Review of Multimodal Postpartum Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce Diabetes Risk in Women with Prior Gestational Diabetes.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Pooled it
- Continued Disparities in Postpartum Follow-Up and Screening Among Women With Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursingPooled it
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- Bridging Gaps and Understanding Disparities in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus to Improve Perinatal Outcomes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2019Article
- Navigating a 'Perfect Storm' on the Path to Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus After Gestational Diabetes: Lessons from Patient and Provider Narratives.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Article
- Black Maternal Mortality-The Elephant in the Room.World journal of gynecology & womens health · 2019Article
- Onset of T2DM after gestational diabetes: What the prevention paradox tells us about risk.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Postpartum glucose intolerance: an updated overview.Endocrine · 2018Review
- Postpartum follow up of gestational diabetes in a Tertiary Care Center.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2018Article
- Interventions to Improve Rate of Diabetes Testing Postpartum in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Current diabetes reports · 2017Review
- Follow-up after gestational diabetes: a fixable gap in women's preventive healthcare.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2017Article
- Lost opportunities to prevent early onset type 2 diabetes mellitus after a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2016Article
- It's Time to Eliminate Racism and Fragmentation in Women's Health Care.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
- Identifying Discrepancies in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Postpartum Follow-Up During Care Transitions.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- INVESTIGATION OF ADHERENCE TO POSTPARTUM DIABETES SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES, IN TURKEY; A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.Acta endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005)Article
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Abstract
backgroundOur study assessed the follow-up of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in the postpartum period among a racially and ethnically diverse group of women receiving care in a major urban medical center.
methodsWe conducted cross-sectional analysis of clinical and administrative data on women aged 18-44 years who gave birth at Boston Medical Center (BMC) between 2003 and 2009, had GDM, and used BMC for regular care. We calculated the rate of glucose testing by 70 days and by 180 days after delivery and used logistic regression to assess the predictors of testing.
resultsBy 6 months postpartum, only 23.4% of GDM-affected women received any kind of glucose test. Among these, over half had been completed by 10 weeks but only 29% were the recommended oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). After accounting for sociodemographic and health service factors, women aged ≤ 35 years of age and women with a family practice provider were significantly less likely to be tested than their counterparts (odds ratio [OR] 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.32, 0.83 and OR 0.36; 95% CI 0.19, 0.71 respectively). Women who attended a primary care visit within 180 days after birth had three times higher odds of being tested than those without such a visit (OR 3.10; 95% CI 1.97, 4.87).
conclusionsDespite widely disseminated clinical guidelines, postpartum glucose testing rates are exceedingly low, marking a critical missed opportunity to launch preventive care for women at high risk of type 2 DM. Failed follow-up of GDM by providers of prenatal and postpartum care also reflects a broader systems failure: the absence of a well-supported transition from pregnancy care to ongoing primary care for women.
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