Table 1 Summary of identified papers examining preconception care in women with chronic health conditions with thematic categorical groupings
Author (Year) | Country | Method | Data source/Participant recruitment | Target population | Conditions examined | Sample | Theme | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | II | III | |||||||
Case et al. [52] | United States | Cross-sectional survey | Texas 1999–2003 Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System | Non-pregnant women | Obesity, overweight, diabetes | 6385 | X |  |  |
Chuang et al. [53] | United States | Focus groups | Community and outpatient clinic | Non-pregnant women | Diabetes, hypertension, obesity | 72 | Â | X | Â |
Diabetes and Pregnancy Group [64] | France | Cross-sectional survey | Patients (outpatients and hospitalised) from specialist diabetes centres (n = 11) | Non-pregnant women | Type 1 diabetes | 138 |  | X |  |
Griffiths et al. [54] | United Kingdom | Semi-structured interviews | UK specialist diabetes antenatal clinics (n = 4) | Pregnant women | Type 1 diabetes | 15 |  | X | X |
Kallas-Koeman et al. [56] | Canada | Prospective observation and survey | Electronic medical records from diabetes clinic | Non-pregnant women | Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes | 464 | X | Â | Â |
Kim et al. [55] | United States | Prospective survey | Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) cohort study | Non-pregnant women | Type 1 diabetes | 302 | X | Â | Â |
King and Wellard [62] | Australia | Collective case study (via in-depth interviews) | Local diabetes services and youth diabetes website | Women with previous pregnancy | Type 1 diabetes | 7 | Â | Â | X |
Lavender et al. [58] | England | Semi-structured interviews and focus groups | Obstetric and diabetes clinics in hospitals in North-West England (n = 3) | Women with previous pregnancy | Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes | 22 |  |  | X |
McCorry et al. [59] | Ireland | Semi-structured interviews | Â | Non-pregnant women | Type 1 diabetes | 14 | Â | Â | X |
Mittal et al. [57] | United States | Cross-sectional survey | San Francisco General Hospital Family Health Center registry | Non-pregnant women | Diabetes, hypertension, obesity | 27 | Â | X | X |
Murphy et al. [60] | England | Semi-structured interviews | Diabetes specialist antenatal clinics (n = 3) | Women who did not attend preconception care | Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes | 29 |  |  | X |
Sapiano et al. [65] | Malta | Longitudinal survey | Diabetes hospital outpatient clinic | Non-pregnant women | Type 1 diabetes | 27 | Â | X | Â |
Tripathi et al. [61] | England | Cross-sectional survey | Northern Diabetes in Pregnancy Survey | Women with previous pregnancy | Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes | 588 | X | Â | Â |
Zhu et al. [63] | Australia | Prospective survey | Diabetes hospital outpatient clinic | Non-pregnant women | Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes | 51 | X | X | Â |