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Gestational diabetes mellitus: Compliance with testing
Author(s) -
Moses Robert G.,
Webb Alison J.,
Comber Christine D.,
Walton John G.,
Coleman Keith J.,
Davis Warren S.,
McCosker Clive J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00118.x
Subject(s) - gestational diabetes , medicine , audit , diabetes mellitus , compliance (psychology) , obstetrics , prenatal care , pregnancy , pediatrics , gestation , environmental health , population , endocrinology , social psychology , psychology , genetics , management , economics , biology
An audit of birth records of two public and one private hospital was undertaken, over a 6‐month period, to determine compliance with the local policy that all women are tested for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Overall 92.1% of women were tested for GDM. When those women who delivered their babies early or who had no prenatal care were excluded, then there was 95.3% compliance with the advice for universal testing.