Health Behaviors in Pregnancy

Completed

• Conditions: Lifestyle; Prenatal Care Late; Pregnancy Related
• Interventions: Other: Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet

• Registration Number: NCT03242174
• Lead Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Brief Summary

To assess health and lifestyle behavior of pregnant women in Baton Rouge including women receiving traditional obstetrical prenatal care and delivering in a hospital and those receiving prenatal care from a midwife and delivering at the birth center.

Detailed Description

It is of scientific interest to learn what the health and lifestyle behaviors are for women receiving prenatal care in a non-traditional birth center and the impact of these behaviors on pregnancy and birth outcomes.Participants will be offered a questionnaire packet to complete at a prenatal appointment in the third trimester of pregnancy by their obstetrical prenatal care provider. The questionnaire packet will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-02
• Study First Posted: 2017-08-08
• Study Start: 2017-10-11
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-23
• Study Completion: 2023-10-23
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-03
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 143

Inclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy ≥ 28 weeks GA

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Prenatal Care from Midwife	Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet	Pregnant women receiving prenatal care from a midwife and delivering at the birth center will be offered the Health Behavior questionnaire packet at third trimester prenatal appointment
Traditional Obstetrical Prenatal Care	Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet	Pregnant women receiving traditional obstetrical prenatal care and delivering in a hospital will be offered the Health Behavior questionnaire packet at third trimester prenatal appointment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frequency of Weighing	1 Day	Frequency of Weighing by Frequency of Weighing Questionnaire
Functional health and well-being	1 Day	Quality of life measure that assesses functional health and well-being from the participant's point of view by 12 Item Short Form Health Survey by RAND
Physical Activity	1 Day	Physical Activity assessed by Nurses Health Study II Physical Activity Questionnaire
Sedentary Behavior	1 Day	Sedentary Behavior by Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire
Sleep Habits	1 Day	Sleep Habits by Sleep Questionnaire
Eating Habits	1 Day	Eating Habits assessed by Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants-Shortened Version
Mindful Eating	1 Day	Mindful Eating assessed by Mindful Eating Questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center; 🇺🇸 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States