Screening for gestational diabetes : examining a breakfast meal test
Date
2016
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MedPharm Publications
Abstract
Objective: This study was performed to analyse the carbohydrate quantity of the non-standardised breakfast meal test consumed as part of a screening test for gestational diabetes.
Design: A prospective descriptive design was utilised.
Setting: Screening for gestational diabetes was performed in the High-Risk Antenatal Clinic at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Subjects: Fifty pregnant women who met the local selection criteria for diabetes screening.
Outcome measures: The contents of the patient-provided breakfast meal tests were evaluated individually for total carbohydrate amount and compared with the 75 grams of carbohydrate provided by the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).
Results: The median carbohydrate amount was 71 g but the range (55–145 g) was wide. Only seven meals (14%) fell within 10% of the 75 g carbohydrate target.
Conclusion: The patient-provided breakfast meal showed wide variation in carbohydrate amount. If a meal test is to be used instead of the formal OGTT a carefully measured, prepared, palatable, readily available product would need to be sourced and provided.
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CITATION: Marais, C., et al. 2016. Screening for gestational diabetes : examining a breakfast meal test. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 29(3):118–121, doi:10.1080/16070658.2016.1198614.
The original publication is available at http://www.sajcn.co.za
The original publication is available at http://www.sajcn.co.za
Keywords
Gestational diabetes, Medical screening, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetes in pregnancy
Citation
Marais, C., et al. 2016. Screening for gestational diabetes : examining a breakfast meal test. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 29(3):118–121, doi:10.1080/16070658.2016.1198614