An intervention aimed at the prevention of excessive weight gain during pregnancy

Completed

• Conditions: Weight-gain during pregnancy; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Weight-gain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN85313483
• Lead Sponsor: etherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-05-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

1. Healthy women who are approximately seven months pregnant with their first child (nullipara)
2. Visit the midwife within 14 weeks after the start of their last menstrual period
3. Pregnant for the first time

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those who are directly referred to a gynaecologist because of complications
2. Unable to read/write or communicate in Dutch

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
An assistant will perform the anthropometrical measurements and collect the blood samples at 15, 25 and 35 weeks of pregnancy and at 7, 25 and 51 weeks after delivery in the midwife practice to measure the following outcome measures: <br>1. Weight and body mass index (BMI) change<br>2. Height, measured in bare feet with a portable height scale with a wide measuring slide and a heel plate<br><br>Both weight and height will be measured twice, and the mean value of the two measurements will be computed. Calibrated scales are used to determine weight while participants are only wearing light clothing (e.g. underwear) and no shoes.