Preconception care for diabetic women for improving maternal and fetal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Research Article

Rasmeia A Alzeidan¹  Samia A Esmaeil¹  Ghada A Bawazeer¹  Lubna A Alansari¹  Hayfaa A Wahabi¹ 

[1] Chair of Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

关键词: Antenatal Care;    Congenital Malformation;    Preterm Delivery;    Perinatal Mortality;    Neonatal Outcome;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2393-10-63

 received in 2010-03-15, accepted in 2010-10-14,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPreexisting diabetes mellitus is associated with increased risk for maternal and fetal adverse outcomes. Despite improvement in the access and quality of antenatal care recent population based studies demonstrating increased congenital abnormalities and perinatal mortality in diabetic mothers as compared to the background population. This systematic review was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of preconception care in improving maternal and fetal outcomes for women with preexisting diabetes mellitus.MethodsWe searched the following databases, MEDLINE, EMBASE, WEB OF SCIENCE, Cochrane Library, including the CENTRAL register of controlled trials and CINHAL up to December 2009, without language restriction, for any preconception care aiming at health promotion, glycemic control and screening and treatment of diabetes complications in women of reproductive age group with type I or type II diabetes. Study design were trials (randomized and non-randomized), cohort and case-control studies. Of the 1612 title scanned 44 full papers were retrieved of those 24 were included in this review. Twelve cohort studies at low and medium risk of bias, with 2502 women, were included in the meta-analysis.ResultsMeta-analysis suggested that preconception care is effective in reducing congenital malformation, RR 0.25 (95% CI 0.15-0.42), NNT17 (95% CI 14-24), preterm delivery, RR 0.70 (95% CI 0.55-0.90), NNT = 8 (95% CI 5-23) and perinatal mortality RR 0.35 (95% CI 0.15-0.82), NNT = 32 (95% CI 19-109). Preconception care lowers HbA1c in the first trimester of pregnancy by an average of 2.43% (95% CI 2.27-2.58). Women who received preconception care booked earlier for antenatal care by an average of 1.32 weeks (95% CI 1.23-1.40).ConclusionPreconception care is effective in reducing diabetes related congenital malformations, preterm delivery and maternal hyperglycemia in the first trimester of pregnancy.

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© Wahabi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010