HealthDay News – Reproductive-aged women with diabetes mellitus (DM) receive recommended preventive health services at a lower rate than women without DM, according to a study published online April 3. General Internal Medicine Journal.
Madeline L., MD, of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. Trager and colleagues compared the rates of receiving recommended preventive health services for reproductive-aged women (15 to 49 years) with and without DM in a scoping review. Four areas of preventive health services were examined: contraceptive counseling, age-appropriate cancer screening, preconception counseling, and recommended sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening. A total of 44 studies were included in the review.
Researchers found that compared with women without DM, women with DM received less consistent contraceptive management. contraception Counseling. Lower rates of breast and cervical cancer screening were also seen in women with DM. Studies of preconception counseling suggested lower rates of counseling for women with DM. No studies have been identified that compare STI screening rates for women with and without DM. A lack of evidence-based interventions to expand the provision of these preventive services to women with DM was identified.
“These findings are important because they identify that women with diabetes are not receiving the recommended women’s care that is needed to help manage their diabetes and their overall health,” senior author Lauren E. Wisk, PhD, also from the David Geffen School of Medicine, said in a statement.
