A review on the factors influencing the attendance of postpartum diabetes screening for mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus

• Main Authors: Thangarajah, Puganeswary, Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah, Mohd Zulkefli, Nor Afiah, Ahmad, Norliza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76408/1/2019110412141913_MJMHS_0120.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76408/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2019110412141913_MJMHS_0120.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during their pregnancy have a greater risk of developing overt diabetes mellitus and dysglycemia (prediabetes, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose) later in future, compared to mothers with normal pregnancy. Postpartum screening is cr...