Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Readiness for behaviour change after gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study
Authors' conclusion
Most postpartum women with recent GDM are in a pre-action stage of change after delivery, which does not increase by the second postpartum year. Behavioural interventions should continue to be prioritized in postpartum women with GDM to optimize this slim window of opportunity for T2D prevention.
Study context
- Population
- Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) between 2009 and 2013 in Ontario, Canada, subset of a larger prospective cohort who completed a survey in the first and second postpartum years; mean age 34.3 ± 4.4 SD years, mean pre-pregnancy body-mass index (BMI) 26.7 ± 6.9 kg/m²
- Participants
- 329 women
- Exposure
- First vs second postpartum year
- Outcome
- Stage of readiness for behaviour change for diet and physical activity
- Follow-up
- First vs second postpartum year
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Pre-action stage of change
First postpartum year
86%
Second postpartum year
87%
P = 0.646
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with action stage · both time periods
- Non-Caucasian ethnicity associated with lower odds of being in the action stage of readiness overall and for physical activity in both time periods
Original publication
Readiness for behaviour change after gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study. Diabet Med. Published 14 September 2024. doi:10.
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