ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2021
The pregnancy-related anxiety characteristics in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: why should we care?
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- Anxiety in pregnancy complicated by gestational and pre-gestational diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
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- To assess the impact of individualized strategy and continuous glucose monitoring on glycemic control and mental health in pregnant women with diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Trial
- Group vs Individual Prenatal Care and Gestational Diabetes Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
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- A pathway study of factors influencing anxiety in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Assessing Mental Health Conditions in Women with Gestational Diabetes Compared to Healthy Pregnant Women.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Implementation and evaluation of the centering pregnancy group prenatal care model in pregnant women with diabetes: a convergent parallel mixed methods study protocol.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Anxiety and associated factors in Northwest Ethiopian pregnant women: a broad public health concern.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The relationship among pregnancy-related anxiety, perceived social support, family function and resilience in Chinese pregnant women: a structural equation modeling analysis.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Determinants of Pregnancy-Related Anxiety among Women Attending Antenatal Checkup at Public Health Institutions in Debre Markos Town, Ethiopia.Depression research and treatment · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is very commonly-seen in clinical settings, and GDM patients may have higher levels of anxiety. It's necessary to evaluate the anxiety level and potentially influencing factors in patients with GDM, to provide insights for the management of anxiety of GDM patients.
methodsPatients with GDM treated in our hospital from May, 2018 to May, 2020 were included. We evaluated the characteristics of patients and the scores of pregnancy-related anxiety scale for anxiety level, vulnerable personality style questionnaire (VPSQ) for personality, general self-efficacy scale (GSES) for self-efficacy, social support rating scale (SSRS) for social support level. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the potential influencing factors of anxiety in GDM patients.
resultsA total of 386 GDM patients were included, the incidence of anxiety in patients with GDM was 59.07%. Anxiety was positively correlated with the susceptible personality (r = 0.604, p = 0.023), and it was negatively correlated with self-efficacy and social support (r = -0.586 and -0.598 respectively, all p < 0.05). The education level, monthly income, abnormal pregnancy (miscarriage, premature rupture of membranes) and cesarean section history and first pregnancy were the independent influencing factors for the anxiety in the patients with GDM (all p < 0.05).
conclusionsThe anxiety of GDM patients is very common, early care and interventions are warranted for those patients with abnormal pregnancy and cesarean section history, first pregnancy, lower education level, and less monthly income.
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