perinatal complications Unhealthy lifestyle
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Pregnant women with a gestational age = 25.0 kg/m2). Self-reported prepregnancy weight and measured height at baseline will be used to calculate prepregnancy BMI.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Haemodynamically significant heart disease; - Restrictive lung disease; - Congenital metabolic disease; - Mentally retarded; - Bariatric surgery; - Diabetes type II, dependent on medicine.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Gestational weight gain within the IOM guidelines and the mean weight-for-length z-score of the children at the age of 12 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Postpartum weight retention: defined as weight at the beginning of the pregnancy to the weight 6 months postpartum. - Smoking cessation: measured with questionnaires, when smoking is present at inclusion. - Biochemical verification of tobacco use, if smoking is present at inclusion: the amount of carbon monoxide (CO) in exhaled breath will be measured using a CO monitor. Biochemical verification will also be done by measurement of urine cotinine. - Dietary habits: for several times, women will be asked to fill in a food diary for seven days. Furthermore, the full-length version of the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) will be used to assess all of the characteristics of dietary restrain. - Physical activity habits: to measure their daily activity, women will be asked to wear an accelerometer for seven full days for several times. The Baecke questionnaire measures work, sport and leisure activities. - Miscarriage: defined as loss of the fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy. - Vitamin D status: vitamin D insufficiency is defined as a measurement | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed