None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This project seeks to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of postmeal walking exercise to control blood glucose in gestational diabetes. Postmeal walking involves 10 min of physical activity (preferably walking) after breakfast, lunch and dinner. Women with gestational diabetes will be randomised to standard-care alone, or with postmeal walking. It is hypothesised that postmeal walking will improves aspects of blood glucose control more than standard-care alone.
Interventions
Women between 12-30 wks of pregnancy will be advised to perform 10-minutes of light-moderate intensity walking after each main meal. They will also receive standard-care from the Diabetes Service (as below control). The intervention will be from 12-35 wks of pregnancy until brith. Accelerometers will objectively measure physical activity.
Sponsors
University of Wollongong
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Between 12-30 weeks of pregnancy.
Exclusion criteria
•<18 years of age •Contraindications to performing exercise (i.e., restrictive lung disease, Multiple gestation at risk for premature labour8) •High-risk pregnancy (i.e., twins, drug or alcohol abuse, chronic health problems, or pregnancy complications) •Women on any medication for preexisting hypertension, cardiac disease, renal disease, thyroid disease, or psychosis; and women who were currently being treated with metformin or corticosteroids.
Outcome results
None listed