Healthcare professionals' views about how pregnant women can benefit from using a closed-loop system: Qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interest is growing in how closed-loop systems can support attainment of within-target glucose levels amongst pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. We explored healthcare professionals' views about how, and why, pregnant women benefitted from using the CamAPS FX system during the AiDAPT trial.

Methods

We interviewed 19 healthcare professionals who supported women using closed-loop during the trial. Our analysis focused on identifying descriptive and analytical themes relevant to clinical practice.

Results

Healthcare professionals highlighted clinical and quality-of-life benefits to using closed-loop in pregnancy; albeit, they attributed some of these to the continuous glucose monitoring component. They emphasised that the closed-loop was not a panacea and th

SUBMITTER: Lawton J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947358 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature