The Plan-it Study: the acceptability and feasibility of a planned pre-pregnancy weight loss intervention

Conditions

Overweight obesity in preconception period Pregnancy and Childbirth

Sue Channon, Elinor Coulman, Rebecca Cannings‐John, Josie Henley, Mandy Lau et al. (12 authors)

Health Technology Assessment2023-01-011 citations

The acceptability of asking women to delay removal of a long-acting reversible contraceptive to take part in a preconception weight loss programme: a mixed methods study using qualitative and routine data (Plan-it).

Channon S, Coulman E, Cannings-John R, Henley J, Lau M, Lugg-Widger F, Strange H, Davies F, Sanders J, Scherf C, Couzens Z, Morantz L.

2022-10-185 citations

10.1186/s12884-022-05077-0

Interventions

In Work Package 1, individual level anonymised patient data will be accessed from The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Public Health Wales (PHW) to assess: the pattern of LARC use

the annual number of women in the UK requesting removal of LARC without replacing it for alternative contraception

rates of women who subsequently become pregnant following LARC removal and time from LARC removal to conception. Aggregrate data will be requested from SHCD from Scotland (via National Sexual Health S

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women of reproductive age (16-48 years old) 2. Have experience of using LARC 3. Who think/know either that their current weight would put them in the overweight/obese category or their weight when they were planning a pregnancy would have put them in the overweight/obese category

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Insufficient written English to participate in online surveys and consent to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Rates of women in the UK who request LARC removal and subsequently have a pregnancy through routine data, collected via routine data for the period 01/01/2009 to 31/12/2018 2. Identification of opportunities to intervene in preconception pathway, identified from routine data analysis for the period 01/01/2009 to 31/12/2018 3. Assessment of the barriers and facilitating factors for incorporating a weight loss intervention in the preconception period from the perspective of all stakeholders. This will be assessed via qualitative online surveys or interviews in Work Package 2. There is no follow-up so all interviews will be carried out at baseline 4. Identification of suitable weight loss interventions that are acceptable to the stakeholders. This will be assessed via qualitative online surveys or interviews in Work Package 2. There is no follow-up so all interviews will be carried out at baseline 5. Assessment of the views of eligible women and potential recruiting clinicians as to the feasibility of the intervention and acceptability of future research. This will be assessed via qualitative online surveys or interviews in Work Package 2. There is no follow-up so all interviews will be carried out at baseline	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Rates of women in the UK who request LARC removal and subsequently have a pregnancy through routine data, collected via routine data for the period 01/01/2009 to 31/12/2018 2. Identification of opportunities to intervene in preconception pathway, identified from routine data analysis for the period 01/01/2009 to 31/12/2018 3. Assessment of the barriers and facilitating factors for incorporating a weight loss intervention in the preconception period from the perspective of all stakeholders. This will be assessed via qualitative online surveys or interviews in Work Package 2. There is no follow-up so all interviews will be carried out at baseline 4. Identification of suitable weight loss interventions that are acceptable to the stakeholders. This will be assessed via qualitative online surveys or interviews in Work Package 2. There is no follow-up so all interviews will be carried out at baseline 5. Assessment of the views of eligible women and potential recruiting clinicians as to the feasibility of the intervention and acceptability of future research. This will be assessed via qualitative online surveys or interviews in Work Package 2. There is no follow-up so all interviews will be carried out at baseline

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

United Kingdom, Wales

Contacts

Public ContactElinor Coulman

johne1@cardiff.ac.uk+44 (0)2920687624

Outcome results

None listed