Women's Compliance with Post-Partum Glucose Screening

Abstract

GDM (gestational diabetes mellitus) was once described as glucose intolerance that started or was discovered during pregnancy. Even though most women with GDM improve their glucose tolerance after delivery, those who have had GDM before are more likely to have impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes (DM). T2DM is projected to be prevalent in 50-70 percent of women 5-10 years following delivery (American Diabetes Association, 2014).