Construct and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Theory-based mHealth for Overweight and Obese Women During Pregnancy

Construct and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Theory-based mHealth for Overweight and Obese Women --Develop Applications With Wearable Devices

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04553718

Enrollment

Registered

2020-09-17

Start date

2018-08-01

Completion date

2019-10-31

Last updated

2023-09-13

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Conditions

Gestational Weight Gain, Physical Activity

Keywords

overweight, obese, pregnant women

Brief summary

This study was to construct and develop an application (APP) based on social-cognitive theory for overweight and obese women during pregnancy.

Detailed description

Our program used and evaluated the mHealth program, which has pregnant women using APP and wearable devices to help prevent excessive gestational weight gain, and it continued to promote physical activity for overweight and obese pregnant women.

Interventions

OTHERexperimental group

provide mHealth program, which has pregnant women using wearable device and app

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

randomized control trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

20 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

pregnant women--who have had, for 8-12 weeks, a pre-pregnancy body mass index of more than 25 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

high risk pregnancy, such as pre-clampsia, pregnancy induced hypertension, preterm contraction

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Manage gestational weight gain	4-6 week	control excessive gestational weight gain

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Increase physical activity level	4-6 week	increase the scores of pregnancy of physical activity questionnaire

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026