Table 2 Characteristics of the 13 guidelines
From: Quality appraisal of gestational diabetes mellitus guidelines with AGREE II: a systematic review
| Â | Guidelines | Country | Development institute | Publication year | Evidence grading system | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Standards of medical care in diabetes (2018) [17] | America | ADA | 2018 | ADA evidence grading system | Evidence-based |
2 | Gestational Diabetes (2016) Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline [29] | America | A.N.D. | 2016 | Not mentioned | Evidence-based |
3 | Consensus Evidence-based Guidelines for Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in India [20] | India | API | 2014 | AACE evidence grading system | Evidence-based |
4 | Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diabetes and Pregnancy [18] | Canada | CDA | 2013 | CDA evidence grading system | Evidence-based |
5 | Initiative on gestational diabetes mellitus: a pragmatic guide for diagnosis, management, and care [31] | International | FIGO | 2015 | GRADE | Evidence-based |
6 | Global Guideline on Pregnancy and Diabetes [30] | International | IDF | 2009 | Not mentioned | Evidence-based |
7 | Diabetes and Pregnancy: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline [21] | America | Endocrine Society | 2013 | GRADE | Evidence-based |
8 | Diabetes in pregnancy: management from preconception to the postnatal period [19] | England | NICE, NCC-WCH | 2015 | GRADE | Evidence-based |
9 | Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Gestational Diabetes in New Zealand: a clinical practice guideline [22] | New Zealand | NZGG | 2014 | GRADE | Evidence-based |
10 | Queensland Clinical Guideline: Gestational diabetes mellitus [27] | Queensland | Department of Health | 2015 | Not mentioned | Evidence-based |
11 | Management of diabetes: a national clinical guideline [23] | Scotland | SIGN | 2013 | SIGN evidence grading system | Evidence-based |
12 | Diagnosis and Management of diabetes in pregnancy: a clinical practice guideline (2014) [24] | China | CMA | 2014 | Consensus of experts | Expert consensus |
13 | Guidelines for the Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus [28] | HKCOG | HKCOG | 2016 | Not mentioned | Experts consensus |