Screening for type 2 diabetes following gestational diabetes: family physician and patient perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore primary care provider (PCP) and patient perspectives on postpartum screening for type 2 diabetes (T2DM), including reasons for not completing oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) specifically, preferred provider for organizing screening, and value of reminder letters for facilitating screening.

Design

A follow-up survey, administered by fax or telephone, to PCPs and patients who participated in a randomized controlled trial assessing effectiveness of postpartum postal reminders to enhance screening for T2DM in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Setting

The Ottawa Hospital, a university-affiliated tertiary centre in Ottawa, Ont.

Participants

A total of 223 female patients with previously identified GDM and their respective PCPs

SUBMITTER: Keely E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2902390 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature