How do reminder systems in follow-up screening for women with previous gestational diabetes work? - a realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with previous gestational diabetes have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Recommendations therefore urge these women to participate in follow-up screening, 4-12 weeks postpartum and every 1-3 years thereafter. We sought to theorize how reminder interventions to support early detection of diabetes work, for whom, and in what circumstances.

Methods

We used a method informed by realist review and synthesis. A systematic, iterative search in six electronic databases (PubMed, MEDLINE Ovid, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE) had a primary focus on experimental intervention studies and included additional information in relation to identified intervention studies. Analysis inductively identified context-mechanism-outcome configuratio

SUBMITTER: Nielsen JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8167960 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature