Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
Pregnancy outcome of participants |
Mean gestational age at delivery in weeks |
From date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation |
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Primary |
Pregnancy outcome of participants |
Rate of spontaneous or induced labour in percentage |
From date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation and participants are diagnosed in established labour |
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Primary |
Pregnancy outcome of participants |
Rate of vaginal, instrumental or caesarean delivery in percentage |
From date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation when the participants had given birth to the newborn |
|
Primary |
Pregnancy outcome of participants |
Rate of intrapartum complications such as postpartum haemorrhage, shoulder dystocia and third or fourth degree tear in percentage |
From date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation during progress of labour up to 24 hours post delivery |
|
Primary |
Pregnancy outcome of participants |
Mean neonatal birth weight in kilogram |
At the point of birth of the neonate |
|
Primary |
Pregnancy outcome of participants |
Rate of neonates born with Apgar score at five minutes of less than 7 in percentage |
At the point of birth of the neonate |
|
Primary |
Pregnancy outcome of participants |
Rate of neonatal intensive care unit admission in percentage |
At the point of birth of the neonate |
|
Primary |
Pregnancy outcome of participants |
Rate of neonatal complications such as intrauterine fetal demise, neonatal death, neonatal hypoglycaemia, neonatal jaundice, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and neonatal sepsis in percentage |
From date of randomisation up to 7 days after birth of the neonate |
|
Primary |
Demographic data of participants |
Mean age of participants in years |
On the date of randomisation |
|
Primary |
Demographic data of participants |
Rate of each different races such as Malay, Chinese and Indian in percentage |
On the date of randomisation |
|
Primary |
Demographic data of participants |
Rate of parity such as nulliparous or multiparous in percentage |
On the date of randomisation |
|
Primary |
Demographic data of participants |
Mean prepregnancy body mass index in kg/m^2 |
On the date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation based on the first trimester weight documented in the antenatal record |
|
Primary |
Demographic data of participants |
Mean total weight gain in kilogram |
On the date of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Demographic data of participants |
Rate of positive family history of diabetes mellitus in percentage |
On the date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Demographic data of participants |
Rate of previous pregnancy affected by gestational diabetes mellitus in percentage |
On the date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Demographic data of participants |
Rate of previous pregnancy complicated by fetal macrosomia in percentage |
On the date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Mean gestational age gestational diabetes mellitus is diagnosed in weeks |
On the date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Mean fasting glucose level from the modified glucose tolerance test in mmol/l |
On the date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Mean two hours post 75 gram glucose load from the modified glucose tolerance test in mmol/l |
On the date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Rate of antenatal complications such as preeclampsia, threatened preterm labour, preterm prelabour rupture of membranes, anaemia, |
At the point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Mean level of glycosylated haemoglobin in percentage |
At the point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Mean level of serum fructosamine in percentage |
At the point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Mean level of fasting blood glucose in self monitoring blood glucose in mmol/l |
At the point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Mean level of pre-meal blood glucose in self monitoring blood glucose in mmol/l |
At the point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Primary |
Clinical characteristics of participants |
Mean level of one hour post-meal blood glucose in self monitoring blood glucose in mmol/l |
At the point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Secondary |
Requirement of treatment in participants |
Mean gestational age that the participants are detected to require added treatment in weeks |
From the date of randomisation up to 40 weeks gestation |
|
Secondary |
Requirement of treatment in participants |
Rate of type of treatment needed such as oral hypoglycaemic agent only, combination of insulin and oral hypoglycaemic agent |
From point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Secondary |
Participants' compliance |
Rate of frequency of four weekly self blood glucose monitoring in percentage |
From point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
|
Secondary |
Participants' satisfaction |
Rate of participants' satisfaction whether satisfied, neutral or not satisfied in percentage |
From point of randomisation till 40 weeks gestation |
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