Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Rollout of Closed-Loop Technology to Pregnant Women with Type 1 Diabetes: Healthcare Professionals' Views About Potential Challenges and Solutions
Authors' conclusion
Interviewees identified challenges and opportunities to rolling-out closed-loop and provided practical suggestions to upskill inexperienced staff supporting pregnant women using closed-loop.
Study context
- Population
- Healthcare professionals who supported pregnant women with T1D using CamAPS FX closed-loop during the AiDAPT trialinterviewed
- Participants
- 19 professionals
- Outcome
- Healthcare professionals' views on rollout of closed-loop in pregnancy
Methodological detailsdescriptive analysis, online workshop to inform recommendations, Online workshop with 15 trial team members informed recommendations
- Descriptive analysis
- Online workshop to inform recommendations
- Online workshop with 15 trial team members informed recommendations
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Enthusiasm for a national rollout of closed-loop, but anticipated challenges, some specific to pregnancy
- Challenges: variations in insulin pump and CGM expertise; difficulties embedding and retaining key skills due to relatively small numbers of pregnant women using closed-loop
- Inexperienced staff highlighted difficulties interpreting data downloads
- Recommended expert initial training by device manufacturers with online training resources and system-specific checklists
- Need for 24 h technical support, especially for technology naive women first transitioning onto closed-loop in early pregnancy
- Recommended case-based meetings and mentorship for inexperienced colleagues, including support interpreting data downloads
- Optimism that with training and support long-term workloads could be reduced, as closed-loop lessened women's need for glycemic management input, especially in later pregnancy
Original publication
Rollout of Closed-Loop Technology to Pregnant Women with Type 1 Diabetes: Healthcare Professionals' Views About Potential Challenges and Solutions. Diabetes Technol Ther. Published 27 February 2023. doi:10.
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