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

Mackay Medical College82 enrolled

Overview

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

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Gestational Weight Gain Physical Activity

Interventions

experimental groupOTHER

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

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Department of Nursing

New Taipei City, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Manage gestational weight gain

control excessive gestational weight gain

Time frame: 4-6 week

Secondary Outcomes

Increase physical activity level

increase the scores of pregnancy of physical activity questionnaire

Time frame: 4-6 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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