SFEBES2017 Poster Presentations Diabetes and Cardiovascular (34 abstracts)
Antenatal gestational diabetes mellitus care – An audit on follow-up visits and antenatal attendance
Catherine McHugh & Abuelmagd Abdalla
Sligo University Hospital, Sligo, Ireland.
Introduction: Currently there is no published data nationally in the rate of lost appointments for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) care during the antenatal period.
Objective: To determine the rate of did not attend appointments (DNAs) for patients with GDM during their antenatal period and the differences in attendance between GDM and obstetric follow-up visits and their associated factors.
Methods: A retrospective examination of all the newly diagnosed patients with GDM during 2016 was conducted.
| Characteristics | Frequency |
| Total no. | 117 |
| Non-Irish | 25 (21%) |
| Mean age (S.D.) | 33.9 (5.77) |
| Antenatal GDM DNAs | 61 visits |
| Antenatal Obstetric DNAs | 31 visits |
Results: 31.6% of GDM patients didn’t attend for at least 1 visit during their antenatal period compared to 12% of obstetric visits (P-value <0.0001). They attended 3 visits in average during their pregnancy. There was a significant difference between the age of regular attendants and non-attendants (mean age 35 vs 30 respectively). Most Irish patients (72.8%) attended their appointments regularly compared to only 52% of non-Irish nationals. Age & nationality appeared to influence the DNA rate.
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