Comparing the Efficacies of Telemedicine and Standard Prenatal Care on Blood Glucose Control in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can usually be well controlled by health education and lifestyle management, resulting in better pregnancy outcomes. However, standard clinical prenatal care, which consists of clinic visits every 2 weeks, may not provide sufficient management for women with GDM. Telemedicine demonstrates a potential to fill this gap.

Objective

The objective of this study was to investigate whether health education and lifestyle management delivered through a WeChat group chat was more effective in controlling blood glucose (BG) than standard clinical prenatal care among women with GDM.

Methods

In this multicenter randomized controlled trial, women with GDM diagnosed by an oral glucose tolerance test between 23 and 30 (+6) gestational wee

SUBMITTER: Tian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8188321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature