Family planning behaviours among women with diabetes mellitus: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diabetes mellitus in pregnancies is associated with adverse outcomes both for the mothers and babies. Postponing pregnancy in unoptimized conditions and stabilisation of glucose should be prioritized. This scoping review is aimed to determine the scope and at the same time map the types of evidence available that is related to family planning behaviours among women with diabetes mellitus, with a particular focus on their factors which influence family planning usage and subsequently enable the identification of knowledge gaps in preventing unintended pregnancies among this high-risk population.

Methods

This scoping review is guided by the methodological framework by Arksey and O'Malley's and Prisma-ScR checklist. PubMed, EBSCO and OVID were searched for empirica

SUBMITTER: Awang Dahlan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10782608 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature