Pre-gestational diabetes: benefits and barriers to attendance at pre-pregnancy clinics
Attendance at pre-pregnancy clinics is low. Lack of awareness is the greatest barrier reported to attendance. To optimise perinatal outcomes, efforts are required to increase attendance; this may be facilitated by increasing awareness of these clinics, as suggested by the women themselves.
Authors
- Ashling Kennedy
- Oratile Kgosidialwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4249-6302)
- Linda Culliney
- Mairead O’Riordan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7134-5469)
- Caitriona Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2490-500X)
- Michelle Sugrue
- Antoinette Tuthill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1460-517X)
- Louise O’Mahony
- Adrianne Wyse
- Shane Whelan
Institutions
- University College Cork (IE)
- Cork University Hospital (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
- Published
- 2025-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-025-04037-9
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Irish Research eLibrary
- University College Cork