Journal article
Results of the first recorded evaluation of a national gestational diabetes mellitus register: Challenges in screening, registration, and follow-up for diabetes risk
DIR Boyle, VL Versace, JA Dunbar, W Scheil, E Janus, JJN Oats, T Skinner, S Shih, S O’Reilly, K Sikaris, L Kelsall, PA Phillips, JD Best
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2018
Abstract
Objective Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. A register can be used to follow-up high risk women for early intervention to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes. We evaluate the performance of the world’s first national gestational diabetes register. Research design and methods Observational study that used data linkage to merge: (1) pathology data from the Australian states of Victoria (VIC) and South Australia (SA); (2) birth records from the Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM, VIC) and the South Australian Perinatal Statistics Collection (SAPSC, SA); (3) GDM and type 2 diabetes register data from the Na..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The National Health and Medical Research Council funded the study under their Partnership Projects scheme (AppID: 533956 URL: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au). The organisations that contributed funding to the MAGDA partnership were the NHMRC, the Victorian Department of Health, SA Health, and Diabetes Victoria Ltd. The NHMRC had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.