Diabetes Risk Perception in Women with a Recent History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Secondary Analysis from a Belgian Randomized Controlled Trial (MELINDA Study).

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: To evaluate diabetes risk perception in women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and prediabetes in early postpartum. Methods: Secondary analysis of a multi-center randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of a mobile-based postpartum lifestyle intervention in women with prediabetes after GDM. Data were collected from the Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes at baseline (6-16 weeks postpartum) and one year post-randomization. Logistic regression was used to analyze the difference between the intervention and control groups on diabetes risk estimation. Results: Among 165 women with prediabetes in early postpartum (mean age: 32.1 years, mean BMI: 27.3 kg/m²), 58.9% (96) adequately estimated their diabe

SUBMITTER: Vanlaer Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12294926 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature