Physical activity and dietary counseling and supervised group exercise for first-time pregnant women - a feasibility study of a controlled trial

Completed

• Conditions: Excessive gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention; Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN21512277
• Lead Sponsor: The Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (UKK) Institute for Health Promotion Research (Finland)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-03-06
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

Pregnant (at 8-9 weeks' gestation) and postpartum (2 months postpartum) women with no earlier deliveries

Exclusion Criteria

1. Age <18 years
2. Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus
3. Twin pregnancy
4. Physical disability that prevents from exercising
5. Otherwise problematic pregnancy (based on physician estimation)
6. Substance abuse
7. Treatment or clinical history for any psychiatric illness and women who are going to change residence within three months

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The feasibility of the study protocol, e.g. participation rate, drop-out-rate, success of data collection, realization of the counseling sessions, participation rate in the group exercise sessions, advers events.