Factors affecting health behaviours and healthy weight during pregnancy and post-partum

Are we missing opportunities: understanding health behaviours associated with overweight in pregnancy- the New Beginnings Healthy Mothers and Babies Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12616001278426

Enrollment

715

Registered

2016-09-12

Start date

2010-08-02

Completion date

2011-01-28

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The purpose of this project is to investigate factors associated with healthy eating, physical activity and healthy weight gain during pregnancy, maternal feeding practices post partum and how these may differ according to mothers’ pre-pregnancy weight and pregnancy weight gain. What we are interested in are women’s knowledge, attitudes and beliefs; factors that help women continue with healthy behaviours once they make changes such as support from family, friends and their health care providers and things that are needed to have a healthy lifestyle such as access to healthy foods, new skills and services.

Interventions

Pregnant women planning to deliver a baby at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their health and lifestyle habits, and feeding intentions at 16 and 36 weeks gestation during pregnancy and at 4 months after their baby is born. They will also be weighed at 16 and 36 weeks and have their delivery information gathered from a hospital database.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

All women planning to deliver a baby at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital who are less than 20 weeks pregnant

Exclusion criteria

Requiring an interpreter to complete questionnaires pre-existing type 1 or 2 diabetes

Outcome results