Community-based pre-pregnancy care programme improves pregnancy preparation in women with pregestational diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Women with diabetes remain at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with poor pregnancy preparation. However, women with type 2 diabetes are less aware of and less likely to access pre-pregnancy care (PPC) compared with women with type 1 diabetes. We developed and evaluated a community-based PPC programme with the aim of improving pregnancy preparation in all women with pregestational diabetes.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study comparing pregnancy preparation measures before and during/after the PPC intervention in women with pre-existing diabetes from 1 June 2013 to 28 February 2017. The setting was 422 primary care practices and ten National Health Service specialist antenatal diabetes clinics. A multifaceted approach was taken t

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445478 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature