Recall for postpartum follow-up of women with gestational diabetes mellitus: Climbing a mountain.

Hajieh Shahbazian,Morteza Nasiri,Sedigheh Nouhjah,Shayesteh Jahanfar

doi:10.1186/s40200-016-0245-7

Abstract

Recall for postpartum follow-up of women with gestational diabetes mellitus: Climbing a mountain.

Highlights

Dear editor; Early postpartum follow-up of women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) provides an opportunity to assess health condition of mothers as well as their offspring health [1]
A low postpartum return rate of women with GDM was reported for assessment of blood glucose [3]
Given the low postpartum return rate of women with GDM for oral glucose tolerance test and high use of mobile phone in Iran, we compared the effects of two methods of Short Message Service (SMS) text and telephone contact reminders on doing of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for diagnosis of type 2 diabetes among women with GDM to design a novel method for recall of postpartum follow-up

Summary

Introduction

Dear editor; Early postpartum follow-up of women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) provides an opportunity to assess health condition of mothers as well as their offspring health [1]. A low postpartum return rate of women with GDM was reported for assessment of blood glucose [3]. Given the low postpartum return rate of women with GDM for oral glucose tolerance test and high use of mobile phone in Iran, we compared the effects of two methods of Short Message Service (SMS) text and telephone contact reminders on doing of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for diagnosis of type 2 diabetes among women with GDM to design a novel method for recall of postpartum follow-up.

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