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Insulin pump therapy would be favored by pregnant women with diabetes
- Source :
- Cogent Psychology, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Abstract
- To evaluate retrospectively the satisfaction of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) compared to multiple daily infusions in Japanese women with diabetes mellitus (DM) during pregnancy, we examined 27 women with type 1 (n = 20) or type 2 (n = 6) diabetes mellitus or gestational diabetes (n = 1) who previously used CSII. Among these patients, 19 had used CSII during pregnancy, which accounted for 30 births. Questionnaires were retrospectively administered. The mean age of patients was 36.5 ± 7.0 years. The average birth weight was 3.1 ± 0.6 kg, with 62% of babies exhibiting complications. The satisfaction level of CSII for patients during pregnancy was 3.95 ± 0.26, whereas it was 1.84 ± 0.26 for multiple daily infusions (P
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23311908
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Cogent Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.576c1be5bcb41b5a9c1f48552ec396a
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2020.1801221