Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Interventions in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the pre‐pregnancy, pregnancy and postpartum periods to optimise care and health outcomes: A systematic review
Authors' conclusion
This review identified few RCTs targeting women of reproductive age with Type 2 diabetes particularly lacking in the preconception and postpartum periods. Tailored pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and postpartum interventions for women with Type 2 diabetes to optimise care and health outcomes are urgently needed.
Study context
- Population
- Women with T2D in the pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and postpartum periods; Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of behavioural components, supplementation, pharmacotherapy and/or medical devices, January 2000 to September 2023
- Participants
- 1,356 women11 RCTs
- Outcome
- Interventions identified (narrative synthesis)
Methodological detailsnarrative synthesis, Six electronic databases searched; screening in duplicate; narrative synthesis
- Narrative synthesis
- Six electronic databases searched; screening in duplicate; narrative synthesis
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Trials included (12 papers), total women with T2D
11 trials; 1356 women
n = 25–502
Interventions conducted in pregnancy
10
Interventions conducted in postpartum period
1
Original publication
Interventions in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the pre‐pregnancy, pregnancy and postpartum periods to optimise care and health outcomes: A systematic review. Diabet Med. Published 11 November 2024. doi:10.
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