Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women
Conditions
Brief summary
evaluate the health empowerment program with mHealth to promote physical activity for overweight and obese pregnant women.
Detailed description
This two-phase study develops an mhealth application (app) based on social-cognitive theory (SCT) and evaluates its effectiveness for overweight and obese women, which can help to prevent excessive GWG by enhancing optimal weight and healthy behavior during pregnancy.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALempowerment program with mHealth
empowerment program with mHealth
Sponsors
Mackay Medical College
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. pregnant women--who have had, 8-12 weeks 2. pre-pregnancy body mass index \> 25 kg/m2
Exclusion criteria
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Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in body weight and gestational weight gain from pregnancy to 6 months postpartum | The data were collected before the intervention to childbirth: <16 week gestation, second trimester (24-26 weeks), third trimester (34-36 weeks), 6 months postpartum | measure body weight and calculated according to the IOM guidelines to know their the total and weekly values of excess or achieve the IOM's guidelines. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in physical activity before intervention to childbirth | The data were collected before the intervention to childbirth: <16 week gestation, second trimester (24-26 weeks), third trimester (34-36 weeks); The highest total scores was depend the participants' activities of METs. | pregnancy physical activity questionnaire (PPAQ) was used to measure women's physical activity during pregnancy. |
| self-efficacy related weight gain | The data were collected before the intervention to childbirth: <16 week gestation, second trimester (24-26 weeks), third trimester (34-36 weeks); The highest total scores was 125. | self-efficacy in exercise and diet was used to measure |
| control infant birthweight | The data were collected at childbirth | measure infant birthweight |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed