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. 2022 Apr 13;9(2):140-148.
doi: 10.14744/nci.2021.80588. eCollection 2022.

The frequency of acceptance of oral glucose tolerance test in Turkish pregnant women: A single tertiary center results

Havva Sezer  1 , Dilek Yazici  1 , Hande Bulut Canbaz  2 , Mehmet Gokhan Gonenli  3 , Aslihan Yerlikaya  4 , Baris Ata  5 , Bahar Bekdemir  2 , Emine Ayca Nalbantoglu  3
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The frequency of acceptance of oral glucose tolerance test in Turkish pregnant women: A single tertiary center results

Havva Sezer et al. North Clin Istanb. .

Abstract

Objective: It is thought that there is not enough data about the frequency of acceptance of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in Turkish pregnant women. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of acceptance of OGTT among participants in our single tertiary center.

Methods: The data of non-diabetic 344 pregnant women seen at the Obstetrics Clinic of our hospital between September 2016 and September 2017 were obtained from the hospital records. Women who did not have regular follow-up during pregnancy were excluded. One of the two or one-step approaches was used in the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) depending on the choice of the physician following the patient.

Results: There were 223 subjects eligible for the study. One hundred seventy-seven pregnant women (79.4%) accepted to do OGTT. We determined that 46 women (20.6%) did not complete at least one OGTT, of whom 74% (n=34) never completed the recommended screening test in this cohort. The overall frequency of GDM was approximately 15.2% (n=34). OGTT acceptability was higher among pregnant women with university graduates (p=0.02). Adverse pregnancy outcomes were similar between the accepted and rejected groups. Among the reasons for OGTT rejection, the media had a significant influence (n=35).

Conclusion: Our results show that a significant percentage of patients refused to do OGTT. Therefore the actual frequency of pregnant women with GDM could not be determined. One way to increase compliance may be recommending only the one-step test for pregnant women in countries with a high rejection rate of OGTT.

Keywords: Acceptability; frequency; gestational diabetes mellitus; oral glucose tolerance test.

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Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

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Figure 1.
The flow chart of the study. GCT: Glucose challenge test; GDM: Gestational diabetes mellitus; OGTT: Oral glucose tolerance test.
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