Pregnancy Weight Management Health Literacy Questionnaire
- Conditions
- Gestational Age and Weight ConditionsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Interventions
- Other: Pregnancy Weight Management Health Literacy Questionnaire
- Registration Number
- NCT05042427
- Lead Sponsor
- Chao-Hui, Lee
- Brief Summary
Worldwide obesity has continued to increase over the past decades. Among the adult women, the overweight and obesity rates in Taiwan are much higher than that of women in nearby Asian countries. In particular, the body mass index of women with low health literacy exceeds the normal range before pregnancy. Without proper supervision, the increase in body weight during pregnancy may result in multiple maternal complications, affect the newborn's health, and increase unnecessary medical expenses in Taiwan's health care system. Thus, assessing pregnant women' s health literacy to manage their body weight is of importance. However, currently, there is no appropriate instrument available in Taiwan to assist health practitioners in assessing the health literacy of pregnant women for weight management. The aim of the study is to develop an instrument to measure the health literacy regarding weight management of pregnant women and examine its psychometric properties.
- Detailed Description
This study will use a multiphase prospective longitudinal design. While developing the items of the instrument based on the review of the literature, five content experts will be invited to participate in the study for examining the appropriateness of the generated items. Upon the approval of the Institutional Review Board, a convenience sample will be recruited to establish face validity. Then the instrument will be refined according to the report derived from the pretesting. The content experts will then review the revised instrument again, and another 330 primigravida women will be enrolled in the study for assessing the psychometric properties. The validity and reliability of the instrument will be examined through evaluating the internal consistency reliability, split-half reliability, concurrent validity, and predictive validity. Health practitioners can use this newly developed instrument to assess pregnant women's health literacy to help manage their weight gain during pregnancy. By utilizing this instrument, health practitioners can provide individually tailored nursing care to improve the effectiveness of their weight management.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 330
- Primigravida women
- Fluent in writing, reading and speaking Mandarin
- Non-pregnant
- Can't fluent in writing, reading and speaking Mandarin
- Cognitive dysfunction
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description primigravida women Pregnancy Weight Management Health Literacy Questionnaire Weight management health literacy of primigravida women.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method weight management health literacy during pregnancy(before delivery/ Within 10 months) level of maternal weight management health literacy
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method body weight before pregnancy On the day of delivery record body weight in kilograms from medical records
newborn body height On the day of delivery record newborn body height in meters from medical records
postpartum body weight On the day of delivery record postpartum body weight in kilograms
labor conditions On the day of delivery record conditions of labor from medical records
newborn body weight On the day of delivery record newborn body weight in grams from medical records
newborn conditions On the day of delivery record newborn conditions from medical records
time of labor On the day of delivery record time of labor from medical records
newborn Apgar score On the day of delivery record newborn Apgar score from medical records
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital
🇨🇳Taipei, Taiwan