Preventing Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Via Short Mobile Messages in WIC

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Gestational Weight Gain
• Interventions: Behavioral: Nutrition and physical activity intervention; Behavioral: Control

• Registration Number: NCT04330976
• Lead Sponsor: University of Hawaii

Brief Summary

The objective of this trial was to investigate the effect of educational short message service (SMS), or text messages, on gestational weight gain (GWG) in a low-income population.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-10-30
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-29
• Study Completion: 2019-06-02
• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-28
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-31
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-02
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 83

Inclusion Criteria

• 15-20 weeks gestational age and 18 years of age or older at time of recruitment
• body mass index (BMI) of 25-45 kg/m2 in the first trimester
• possession of a cellular phone with the ability to receive text messages without a charge

Exclusion Criteria

• conditions requiring a special diet
• multiparous pregnancies
• unable to consent to participate
• unwilling to be randomized

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutrition and physical activity intervention	Nutrition and physical activity intervention	-
Control	Control	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change between pre-pregnancy weight and last weight taken before delivery	From date of randomization until delivery of child (e.g. up to 25 weeks)	Total weight gained during pregnancy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Hawaii; 🇺🇸 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States