E-health App and Lifestyle Changes During Pregnancy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dietary Habits; Physical Activity; Gestational Weight Gain; Pregnancy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Health information delivered via health app

• Registration Number: NCT05094479
• Lead Sponsor: University of Turku

Brief Summary

The purpose of this online follow-up study is to investigate health app use in pregnant women and through a pilot intervention trial investigate whether the addition of evidence-based information on health-promoting lifestyle delivered via the health app has an effect on lifestyle habits (gestational weight, diet quality and physical activity) during pregnancy.

Detailed Description

An online follow-up study with a 2-arm equal allocation parallel randomized controlled pilot intervention trial with pregnant women (n=1000) will be conducted. The intervention consists of non-personalized, evidence-based information on health-promoting lifestyle during pregnancy delivered via a health app. Control group uses the health app without health information.

Aims of an exploratory part of the study are to characterize the health app use and users among pregnant women and to investigate whether the frequency of the health app use during pregnancy has an effect on lifestyle habits. Aim of the pilot intervention is to investigate whether the addition of evidence-based information on health-promoting lifestyle delivered via the health app has an effect on lifestyle habits during pregnancy.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-06-21
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-12
• Study Completion: 2018-08-23
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-25
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-26
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1047

Inclusion Criteria

• Pregnant, less than 28 pregnancy weeks
• Fluency in Finnish

Exclusion Criteria

• Not pregnant
• No fluency in Finnish

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Health information delivered via health app	Health information delivered via health app	Use of a health app with health information

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in diet quality scores	At enrollment and late pregnancy (pregnancy weeks 35-36)	Assessed by a validated Index of Diet Quality (IDQ); scores range from 0 to 15 points with higher scores meaning better diet quality.
Change in gestational weight	Pre-pregnancy weight reported at enrollment and current weight at late pregnancy (pregnancy weeks 35-36)	Self-reported weight assessed by a questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in physical activity scores	At enrollment and late pregnancy (pregnancy weeks 35-36)	Assessed by a validated metabolic equivalent (MET)-index; scores range from 0 to 105 MET h/wk with higher scores meaning more vigorous physical activity.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Turku; 🇫🇮 Turku, Finland