The Supporting MumS (SMS) study: can we use an automated text message intervention for weight management in women after childbirth?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Overweight and obesity in postpartum women; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16299220
• Lead Sponsor: Queen's University Belfast

Brief Summary

2024 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084075 (added 09/05/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-10
• Last Update Posted: 10 June 2024
• Study Completion: 2025-04-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 892

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women (as per NICE Postnatal care guideline NG1941, for this trial, the term 'woman' is taken to include people who do not identify as women but are pregnant or have given birth)
2. Aged >18 years old
3. BMI =25 kg/m²
4. Have had a baby within the last two years

Exclusion Criteria

Current participant exclusion criteria as of 24/02/204:
1. Baby less than 6 weeks old
2. No access to a mobile phone to receive personal messages
3. Insufficient English to understand short written messages
4. Currently pregnant
5. Recent or planned bariatric surgery
6. Diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or bulimia by a doctor
7. On a specialist diet and receiving dietetic care
8. Taking part in another weight management research study/programme currently, or in the last 3 months

Previous participant exclusion criteria:
1. Baby less than 6 weeks old
2. No access to a mobile phone to receive personal messages
3. Insufficient English to understand short written messages
4. Currently pregnant
5. Recent or planned bariatric surgery
6. Eating disorder
7. On a specialist diet and receiving dietetic care
8. Taking part in another weight management research study currently, or in the last 3 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified