Trial protocol to compare the efficacy of a smartphone-based blood glucose management system with standard clinic care in the gestational diabetic population

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 6; no. 3; p. e009702
• Main Authors: Mackillop, Lucy H, Bartlett, Katy, Birks, Jacqueline, Farmer, Andrew J, Gibson, Oliver J, Kevat, Dev A, Kenworthy, Yvonne, Levy, Jonathan C, Loerup, Lise, Tarassenko, Lionel, Velardo, Carmelo, Hirst, Jane E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 17.03.2016; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Ambulatory Care Facilities; Birth injuries; Blood Glucose - analysis; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring - methods; Clinical Protocols; Communication; Diabetes, Gestational - blood; Female; Gestational diabetes; Glucose; Health services; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Insulin; Intervention; Midwifery; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Patient Satisfaction; Patients; Population; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - blood; Single-Blind Method; Smartphone - statistics & numerical data; Smartphones; Stillbirth; Surveys and Questionnaires; Telemedicine; United Kingdom; Womens health; Young Adult; United Kingdom > UK

IntroductionThe prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is rising in the UK. Good glycaemic control improves maternal and neonatal outcomes. Frequent clinical review of patients with GDM by healthcare professionals is required owing to the rapidly changing physiology of pregnancy and its u...