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Published on: July 5, 2022
Selective versus universal screening for gestational diabetes mellitus: an evaluation of Naylor's model
Anne-Frédérique Minsart1, Jean-Paul Lescrainier, Alain Vokaer
1Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium. aminsart@ulb.ac.be
Aim:
Selective screening for gestational diabetes is still a subject of debate. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a selective screening strategy for diagnosing gestational diabetes in our setting. This strategy rests on a scoring system that assigns women to different risk categories according to the presence of risk factors such as overweight, older age and ethnicity.
Methods:
We compared the rate of diagnosed gestational diabetes according to universal screening and selective screening between two periods of time.
Results:
The selective screening strategy allowed only 15% of women to avoid screening and was associated with a 50% decrease in diagnosed gestational diabetes.
Conclusion:
The two-threshold approach did not detect similar proportions of women with gestational diabetes compared with universal screening. Half the cases were missed and most women still needed to be screened.
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