Awareness of risk factors for type 2 diabetes in women with current and former gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): Implications for future primary diabetes prevention Article

Rivas, A, Landon, M, Gaillard, T et al. (2010). Awareness of risk factors for type 2 diabetes in women with current and former gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): Implications for future primary diabetes prevention . 4(2), 89-94. 10.1016/j.dsx.2010.05.007

cited authors

  • Rivas, A; Landon, M; Gaillard, T; Schuster, D; Osei, K

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abstract

  • Aims: To assess the awareness of risk factors for type 2 diabetes and lifestyle changes that can decrease such risks in women with GDM. Methods: The study comprised responses to health questionnaires by 319 women: 31 pregnant women with current GDM (CGDM), 88 women with previous GDM (PGDM), 100 pregnant women without DM (PWDM) and 100 non-pregnant women without DM (NPWDM). The CGDM group answered the questionnaires at the initiation and 4 weeks after participating in formal education on GDM. Two types of awareness scores (AS) were established. One AS was about the risks associated with GDM (GDMR), and the other was related to the awareness of lifestyle changes that can decrease the risks of type 2 diabetes (DM2R). Results: The PGDM group had the highest GDMR and DM2R scores (9.55 ± 2.66) (13.2 ± 2.26) compared with the other groups (CGDM 7.48 ± 3.14, NPWDM 6.10 ± 3.17, PWDM 2.89 ± 2.48) (p < 0.05) and (NPWDM 12.05 ± 2.73, CGDM 11.29 ± 2.45, PWDM 8.27 ± 4.14) (p < 0.05). The CGDM group increased the GDMR score from 7.48 ± 3.14 to 10.54 ± 2.57 (p < 0.0001) and the DM2R score from 11.29 ± 2.45 to 14.04 ± 1.26 (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Women had limited awareness of risk factors for type 2 diabetes and lifestyle modifications that can decrease such risk of diabetes. AS were higher in women with current and previous GDM after receiving formal education. © 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Diabetes India.

publication date

  • April 1, 2010

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 89

end page

  • 94

volume

  • 4

issue

  • 2