Rudge 2013.
Trial name or title | Home versus hospital care in glucose monitoring of GDM and mild gestational hyperglycemia |
Methods | Randomised controlled trial |
Participants | Women with GDM, pre‐GDM or mild gestational hyperglycaemia |
Interventions | Intervention group: home care, 'ambulatory care' or 'outpatient' care; blood glucose self‐monitoring by the women at home Control group: hospital care, 'acute care'; control of diabetes at hospitals by admission to hospital |
Outcomes | Primary outcomes: maternal mortality and morbidity; perinatal mortality and morbidity Secondary outcomes: glucose control; maternal hospitalisation for any cause and prolonged hospitalisation; maternal prenatal and postnatal acute care visits; length of stay for delivery; postpartum repeated hospitalisation; biophysical profile tests; preterm birth; birthweight; infant repeated hospitalisation; infant acute care visits; costs |
Starting date | May 2010 |
Contact information | Marilza Rudge |
Notes | Recruitment target: 80 women |
Abbreviations ACOG: American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin IADPSG: International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test