To neutrally offer or strongly recommend? General practitioners' perspectives on screening for gestational diabetes according to the national guideline in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore general practitioners' experiences and reflections on how the current Norwegian guideline for screening for gestational diabetes affects their clinical practice.

Design

A qualitive study in which data were collected through semi-structured focus group interviews and analyzed thematically.

Setting and subjects

Five focus groups conducted in 2020 among GPs in Norway; three interviews took place face-to-face and two were held digitally. The total number of participants was 31.

Results

GPs acknowledged the potential benefits of more extensive screening, but had concerns about the medicalization of pregnancy, stating that some women experienced considerable anxiety. The GPs expressed doubts about the guideline's evidence base but differed in how

SUBMITTER: Forthun I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552295 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature