Dietary Habits, Gestational Weight Gain, Physical Activity, Pregnancy
Conditions
Keywords
Pregnancy, Health application, Diet quality, Physical activity, Gestational weight gain
Brief summary
The purpose of this online follow-up study is to investigate health app use in pregnant women and through a pilot intervention trial investigate whether the addition of evidence-based information on health-promoting lifestyle delivered via the health app has an effect on lifestyle habits (gestational weight, diet quality and physical activity) during pregnancy.
Detailed description
An online follow-up study with a 2-arm equal allocation parallel randomized controlled pilot intervention trial with pregnant women (n=1000) will be conducted. The intervention consists of non-personalized, evidence-based information on health-promoting lifestyle during pregnancy delivered via a health app. Control group uses the health app without health information. Aims of an exploratory part of the study are to characterize the health app use and users among pregnant women and to investigate whether the frequency of the health app use during pregnancy has an effect on lifestyle habits. Aim of the pilot intervention is to investigate whether the addition of evidence-based information on health-promoting lifestyle delivered via the health app has an effect on lifestyle habits during pregnancy.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALHealth information delivered via health app
Intervention group will use a health app with non-personalized information on health-promoting lifestyle habits during pregnancy. Control group will use a health app without health information. Intervention effects on the lifestyle habits (gestational weight gain, diet quality, physical activity) will be investigated.
Sponsors
Business Finland
University of Turku
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Pregnant, less than 28 pregnancy weeks * Fluency in Finnish
Exclusion criteria
* Not pregnant * No fluency in Finnish
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in gestational weight | Pre-pregnancy weight reported at enrollment and current weight at late pregnancy (pregnancy weeks 35-36) | Self-reported weight assessed by a questionnaire |
| Change in diet quality scores | At enrollment and late pregnancy (pregnancy weeks 35-36) | Assessed by a validated Index of Diet Quality (IDQ); scores range from 0 to 15 points with higher scores meaning better diet quality. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in physical activity scores | At enrollment and late pregnancy (pregnancy weeks 35-36) | Assessed by a validated metabolic equivalent (MET)-index; scores range from 0 to 105 MET h/wk with higher scores meaning more vigorous physical activity. |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed