Screening for gestational diabetes : examining a breakfast meal test
| dc.contributor.author | Marais, Colin | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Wyk, L. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Conradie, M. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Hall, D. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-26T13:28:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-26T13:28:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.sajcn.co.za | |
| dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar | af_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.sajcn.co.za/index.php/SAJCN/article/view/1178 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 4 pages | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.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 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1607-0658 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2221-1268 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.1080/16070658.2016.1198614 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102390 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | MedPharm Publications | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Gestational diabetes | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Medical screening | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Diabetes mellitus | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Diabetes in pregnancy | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Screening for gestational diabetes : examining a breakfast meal test | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |