From: Effect of screening and management of diabetes during pregnancy on stillbirths
No of studies (ref) | Design | Limitations | Consistency | Generalizability to population of interest | Generalizability to intervention of interest | Intervention | Control | Relative Risk (95% CI) |
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Intensified versus conventional management (Stillbirths): MODERATE outcome specific quality | ||||||||
4 | 3 RCTs,1 quasi RCT | Small study size in 1 study, 1 study not strictly randomized and 80% of the subjects were Hispanic so may not be generalizable. | 2/4 studies showing direction of benefit, while the remaining two had zero total events | All in developed countries | Cannot separate diet controlled from diet and insulin controlled diabetes during pregnancy | 1 | 8 | RR (fixed) = 0.20 (0.03-1.10) |