Obesity
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study was to test internet and mobile-based applications to support motivating lifestyle counseling to promote healthy eating habits of the mothers and their spouses expecting first child. The feasibility of the intervention will be evaluated in the pilot.
Detailed description
Lifestyle habits during pregnancy have long-term effects of baby's as well as mother's health. Pregnancy period is a favorable time for lifestyle changes, as the parents usually have motivation and assets to change lifestyle. Maternity welfare clinic is the place to promote healthy lifestyles because most Finnish families expecting child visit there at regular intervals.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALIntensified dietary counseling
The intervention is completed by public health nurses who will be trained to provide family-centered empowering and motivational lifestyle counseling at the normal health check visit. Parents expecting child will use web application developed for nutritional counseling. Web application consists of dietary questionnaire from which the parents will receive immediately automatic feedback. Feedback concerns the quality of diet in relation to the Finnish nutrition recommendations. Feedback will be given in an encouraging format. Own targets of food changes can also be recorded in the application, and the application can be used to monitor how they are achieved.
BEHAVIORALMobile application
Mothers expecting child will use mobile application. Mobile application consists of text, audio and video exercises, which are aimed to increase the psychological flexibility and thus mental and physical well-being.
Sponsors
Tampere University
University of Helsinki
University of Jyvaskyla
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
The Finnish Heart Association
The National Consumer Research Centre
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All families expecting their child at their standard 8-10 pregnancy weeks welfare clinic visit
Exclusion criteria
* Parents are under 18-year-old * Parents do not speak Finnish * Parents do not have internet access
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Food consumption of the parents | 7 months | Measured with Food Frequency Questionnaire |
| Maternal post-natal depression | 9 months | Measured with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Food and health related attitudes and aims of the parent's | 9 months | Questions about food and health related attitudes and aims |
| Psychological flexibility of the parent's | 9 months | Measured with Acceptance & Action Questionnaire (AAQ-2) |
| Mental health of the parent's | 9 months | Measured with Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF) |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed