Implementing a Reminder System in the Northern Part of Belgium to Stimulate Postpartum Screening for Glucose Intolerance in Women with Gestational Diabetes: The “Sweet Pregnancy” Project

Table 1

An overview of the number of responders and screening tests per year of follow-up.

	1 year of follow-up	2 years of follow-up	3 years of follow-up	4 years of follow-up	5 years of follow-up
The number of yearly reminders sent	4765	3561	2482	1557	542
Number of responders (%)	3547 (74.4%)	2419 (67.9%)	1542 (62.1%)	877 (60.2%)	335 (61.8%)
Number of responders who received a screening test (%)	2390 (67.4%)	1502 (62.1%)	1060 (68.7%)	612 (69.8%)	241 (71.9%)
Number with diabetes	104	26	15	3	0

The number of responders is the number of registrants who returned a response sheet. The number of responders who received a screening test is the number of responders who have indicated that they received a screening test in primary care in the past year. The number with diabetes is based on self-reporting of the test between 6 and 12 weeks postpartum and based on self-reporting of the screening tests received after 1 year.