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. 2017 Oct 29;2017(10):CD011069. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011069.pub2

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