Table 3 Dietetic, diabetes educator and obstetric physician appointments, before and after changing a GDM model of care
Appointments | Total | Diagnosis from 24 weeks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-Intervention (n = 125) | Post-Intervention (n = 119) | P | Pre-Intervention (n = 115) | Post-Intervention (n = 94) | P | |
Dietitian, number of appointments, mean (SD) | 2.4 (0.8) | 3.8 (1.7) | < 0.001 | 2.4 (0.8) | 3.7 (1.4) | < 0.001 |
Adherence to dietetic schedule of appointments, n (%) | 36 (29%) | 98 (82%) | < 0.001 | 33 (29%) | 79 (84%) | < 0.001 |
Obstetric Physician, number of appointments, mean (SD) | 1.9 (2.5) | 2.5 (2.8) | 0.08 | 1.8 (2.3) | 2.3 (2.4) | 0.11 |
Diabetes Educator, number of appointments, mean (SD) | 3.1 (2.0) | 2.6 (2.6) | 0.10 | 3.0 (1.4) | 2.3 (2.0) | 0.007 |
Total appointments, mean (SD) | 7.4 (4.3) | 8.9 (5.1) | 0.01 | 7.1 (3.6) | 8.3 (3.9) | 0.02 |