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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Feig, Denice S.
• Cleave, Barbara
• Tomlinson, George

Titel

Long-Term Effects of a Diabetes and Pregnancy Program

Ist Teil von

• Diabetes care, 2006-03, Vol.29 (3), p.526-530

Ort / Verlag

American Diabetes Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

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EZB Electronic Journals Library

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• Long-Term Effects of a Diabetes and Pregnancy Program Does the education last? Denice S. Feig , MD, MSC 1 2 3 , Barbara Cleave , RN, BSCN 2 and George Tomlinson , PHD 3 1 Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Denice Feig, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave., Lebovic Building, Suite 5027, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5. E-mail: d.feig{at}utoronto.ca Abstract OBJECTIVE —To determine whether women with pregestational diabetes obtained long-term benefits from an intensive diabetes management program during pregnancy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS —Women with pregestational diabetes who had attended an intensive diabetes management program in pregnancy between 1991 and 1999 were interviewed regarding diabetes self-management behaviors and current glycemic control. A retrospective chart review was done to obtain information on self-management behaviors at entry to the program and at delivery and compared with the present. RESULTS —Comparing entry to the program to delivery, all diabetes self-management behaviors improved significantly, including frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose, frequency of insulin injections, and frequency and complexity of insulin dose adjustment (IDA). HbA 1c (A1C) also improved significantly from entry to delivery (mean 0.073–0.060) ( P < 0.0001). Comparing entry to the present, frequency of insulin injections improved significantly ( P = 0.0004), frequency of IDA improved significantly ( P = 0.004), and complexity of IDA improved significantly ( P = 0.0032). However, there was no significant change in frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose ( P = 0.766) from before pregnancy to the present, and A1C significantly worsened by 0.015 ( P < 0.0001, 95% CI 0.009–0.021) from entry to the program to the present. CONCLUSIONS —Women participating in an intensive diabetes management program during pregnancy improve significantly from entry to delivery in diabetes self-management behaviors and glycemic control and, in the long term, retain some of these behaviors and knowledge. However, this is not reflected in an improved A1C level. This may be explained by the loss of contact with the diabetes care team and/or the discontinuation of frequent self-monitoring of blood glucose—a critical behavior necessary for achieving optimal glycemic control. Footnotes A table elsewhere in this issue shows conventional and Système International (SI) units and conversion factors for many substances. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. Accepted December 4, 2005. Received September 14, 2005. DIABETES CARE