What do systematic reviews say?

Self‐monitoring vs intermittent glucose monitoring

It is very uncertain whether self‐monitoring changes hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: pre‐eclampsia compared with periodic glucose monitoring (very low certainty).

• Different methods and settings for glucose monitoring for gestational diabetes during pregnancy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.17 [0.01, 3.49]
  1 study · 58 participants
  Very low

Self‐monitoring vs a different type of self‐monitoring

• Techniques of monitoring blood glucose during pregnancy for women with pre‐existing diabetes 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies · 0 participants
  GRADE not reported

Self‐monitoring at home vs hospitalisation

It is very uncertain whether self‐monitoring at home changes hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (including pre‐eclampsia,… compared with hospitalisation (very low certainty).

• Techniques of monitoring blood glucose during pregnancy for women with pre‐existing diabetes 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.19 [0.41, 3.51]
  1 study · 100 participants
  Very low