Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common complication of pregnancy that can lead to negative maternal and fetal outcomes. Online support interventions have been suggested as a potential tool to improve the management of GDM. This systematic review aimed to summarize the effectiveness of social media and online supports interventions for the management of GDM. We conducted a thorough systematic search across Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed, following PRISMA guidelines, and supplemented it with a manual search. Our results included both qualitive and quantitative research. We rigorously assessed quantitative studies for bias using ROBINS-I and RoB 2 tools, ensuring the reliability of our findings.

Melissa D. Katz is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. She has been a preceptor in the high-risk obstetrics clinic in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Her interests include sexual differentiation, gestational diabetes and thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy.