Attendance at pre-pregnancy care clinics for women with type 1 diabetes: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Type 1 diabetes mellitus occurs in one in every 275 pregnancies and can result in increased morbidity and mortality for both mother and baby. Several pregnancy complications can be reduced or prevented by attendance at pre-pregnancy care (PPC). Despite this, less than 40% of pregnant women with pre-gestational diabetes receive formal PPC. The aim of this scoping review is to identify the barriers to PPC attendance among women with type 1 diabetes.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review by searching five databases (Ebsco, Embase, Ovid and PubMed for literature and the ProQuest for any grey/unpublished literature) for studies in English between 2000 and 2022. Studies that evaluated attendance at PPC for women with type 1 diabetes were included.

Results

There

SUBMITTER: Ferry P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature