Health promotion intervention among women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus: penetration, participation, and baseline findings from the Face-it randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Face-it is a randomized controlled trial for women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and their families designed to evaluate the effect of a health promotion intervention on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk and quality of life. This study examined (1) the penetration and participation rates for the Face-it trial, (2) the characteristics of the participating women and the potential differences in characteristics according to partner participation status, and (3) representativity of the women at baseline.

Research design and methods

We identified women with GDM during pregnancy and invited them and their partners to a baseline examination 10-14 weeks after delivery. Representativity was assessed by comparing the baseline participants with non-par

SUBMITTER: Jensen NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10551966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature