Implementing evidence-based eating disorder guidelines at a small metro hospital: current practice and staff perceptions of caring for eating disorder patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to understand current clinical practice, adherence to evidence-based guidelines, and the perceptions, knowledge and attitudes of the multidisciplinary team caring for inpatients with an eating disorder at a small metro hospital.

Methods: This mixed methods study involved a retrospective audit of eating disorder patient care and a semi-qualitative staff survey. The audit was undertaken at a small metro hospital from 2018 to 2019.

Effects of Changing Diagnostic Criteria for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Queensland, Australia.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of updated gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) screening and diagnostic criteria on selected perinatal outcomes in Queensland, Australia.

Methods: This was a pre-post comparison study using perinatal data the year before (2014) and after (2016) the screening and diagnostic criteria for GDM was changed in Queensland, Australia. In 2015, Queensland adopted the one-step screening and diagnostic criteria based on the International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups' recommendations.