None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Women with a healthy lifestyle during their pregnancy have healthier pregnancies and healthier babies. Their long term health is also improved, resulting in a better quality of life for them and their family, as well as lower health system costs with fewer doctor and hospital visits required. Currently, we do not know the best way to support women to make lifestyle changes to ensure they have the healthiest start to their pregnancy. This study is looking at how effective a workshop that is delivered early in pregnancy, that covers important diet, exercise, and smoking cessation advice, support and referrals, is to improve the health of pregnant women attending a large maternity hospital in South East Queensland.
Interventions
Attendance at a one-hour early antenatal lifestyle behaviour change workshop + receipt of written health education material designed to facilitate behaviour change (booklet; received once, at the workshop). Women attend the workshop at any time in pregnancy, but it's recommended they attend before 20 weeks. Content covers diet, physical activity, healthy weight gain, smoking cessation, and breastfeeding, goal setting and self monitoring techniques, and contacts for further support.
Sponsors
Dr Shelley Wilkinson
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Women will be included if they are pregnant, attending the Mater Mothers' Hospital antenatal clinic for pregnancy care, and who are able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Women will be excluded if they are unable to read and speak English at a level that allows completion of pen-and-paper surveys.
Outcome results
None listed