Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Barriers and facilitators to attending postpartum diabetes screening among women with previous gestational diabetes in China: A qualitative analysis
Authors' conclusion
Postpartum screening uptake after GDM could be boosted through raising risk awareness, more constructive communication from HCPs, increasing the acceptability and accessibility of screening procedures, and addressing psychological factors related to attendance.
Study context
- Population
- Women with current or previous gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) recruited from social network platforms and pregnancy groups in China
- Participants
- 24 women
- Comparison
- Current GDM vs Previous GDM
- Current GDMn = 4
- Previous GDMn = 20
- Outcome
- Barriers and facilitators of postpartum diabetes screening uptake
Methodological detailssemi-structured interviews, Framework Analysis
- Semi-structured interviews
- Framework Analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Postpartum diabetes screening uptake
Previous GDM
35%
- Postpartum glucose screening attendance rate among women with previous GDM
- 35%
Original publication
Barriers and facilitators to attending postpartum diabetes screening among women with previous gestational diabetes in China: A qualitative analysis. Diabet Med. Published 11 April 2025. doi:10.
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