Outcomes for women with diabetes admitted for labour care to midwifery units in the UK: a national prospective cohort study and survey of practice using the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe outcomes in women admitted for labour care to midwifery units with gestational or pre-existing diabetes, compare outcomes with other women admitted to the same units and describe admission and care guidance in midwifery units typically admitting women with diabetes.

Design

A national cohort study and a survey of practice.

Setting

We used the UK Midwifery Study System to collect data from midwifery units in the UK between October 2021 and February 2023.

Participants

Women with a diagnosis of diabetes admitted for labour care to a midwifery unit were compared with a cohort of women without diabetes admitted for labour care to the same units.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was a composite measure of materna

SUBMITTER: Morelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624763 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature