Costs and consequences of treatment for mild gestational diabetes mellitus – evaluation from the ACHOIS randomised trial

Table 2 Health services use after enrolment by women with a singleton gestation and their infants

	Intervention group	Routine-care group	Adjusted treatment effect^# (95%CI)	Adjusted p-value
	n = 474	n = 496
Antenatal services after enrolment
Antenatal inpatient admission	135 (28.5)	133(26.8)	1.11(0.91–1.36)	0.31
Antenatal clinic visits*	4.4 (1–7)	5.2(3–7)	-0.70(-1.06, -0.33)	0.0002
Specialist clinic visits*	4.0 (1–7)	1.3(0–2)	2.50(2.13, 2.87)	<0.0001
Dietician visits*	1.7 (1–2)	0.2(0–0)	1.56(1.39, 1.72)	<0.0001
Diabetes educator visits*	2.0 (1–2)	0.2(0–0)	1.79(1.59, 1.98)	<0.0001
Insulin therapy*	96 (20.3)	16 (3.2)	6.18(3.69–10.35)	<0.0001
Birthing services
Induction of labour	183 (38.6)	148 (29.8)	1.34(1.13–1.60)	0.001
Caesarean birth	142(30.0)	153 (30.8)	0.97(0.80–1.17)	0.76
Neonatal services
Paediatrician present at delivery	211 (44.5)	225 (45.4)	1.02 (0.89–1.17)	0.72
Admission to neonatal nursery	330 (69.6)	294 (59.3)	1.15 (1.04–1.26)	0.004
Hours of phototherapy^§	45(24–72)	36(24–51)		0.27

Dichotomous outcomes reported as number (%) of women/babies with relative risk and 95% confidence intervals (CI) as treatment effect; *continuous outcomes reported as mean (interquartile range) with mean difference 95% CIs as treatment effect.
^§Hours of phototherapy is median (interquartile range).
#Adjusted for maternal age, race or ethnic group and parity.

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