Effectiveness of utilizing village health nurses to promote the post-delivery follow up testing of women who have gestational diabetes
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O244- Gestational diabetes mellitus
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/07/070142
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr T S Selvavinayagam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1) Diagnosis of GDM in the current pregnancy confirmed by a 2-hour, 75-gram Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) with a cut-off of greater than or equal to 140 mg/dL.
2) Women with GDM at 28 weeks of gestation and beyond, OR those nearing delivery, OR those who have delivered and are within the 6-week postpartum period.
Exclusion Criteria
1) Presence of any physical or mental disabilities.
2) Presence of any chronic severe illnesses that can hinder the adoption of self-management or behaviour change practices advocated by our study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of women with GDM who undergo postpartum follow up and continuum of care. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6-12 weeks, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasibility, acceptability, scalability, and sustainability of the interventionTimepoint: 2 years;Health beliefs in terms of perceived susceptibility, severity, perceived barriers, facilitators and cues to action for postpartum continuum of care for women with GDMTimepoint: 6-12 weeks, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years <br/ ><br>;Knowledge and practices of the VHNs related to postpartum <br/ ><br>continuum of care for women with GDMTimepoint: 6-12 weeks, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years