Mobile Health App to Reduce Diabetes in Latina Women With Prior Gestational Diabetes
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Gestational Diabetes
- Sponsor
- Environment and Health Group, Inc.
- Enrollment
- 18
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Sallis Self Efficacy for Healthy Eating Scale
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The proposed project sought to develop a culturally- and individually-tailored, plain-language Spanish/English mobile phone intervention for Latinas with prior gestational diabetes (GDM). The intervention is based on earlier in-person to online modification of the CDC-funded Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), for women with prior GDM led by co-investigator Dr. Ellen Seely of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Detailed Description
The specific aims of the study were as follows: Primary Aim 1: Develop a culturally-tailored mobile phone intervention for Latinas with prior GDM based on Brigham \& Women's Hospital online DPP. Primary Aim 2: Conduct a pilot trial of the intervention. Primary Aim 3:Evaluate implementation feasibility.
Investigators
Patricia Weitzman
Principal Investigator
Environment and Health Group, Inc.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Latina women
- •ages 19-45
- •with prior gestational diabetes by Carpenter and Coustan criteria
- •within the past 5 year validated by medical record review
- •own an Android or iOS smartphone.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosis of pre-pregnancy diabetes(type 1,2, or secondary diabetes)
- •underlying disease that might interfere with participation in study (e.g.,significant gastrointestinal conditions)
- •taking certain medications (e.g., glucocorticoids)
- •pregnancy/undergoing infertility treatment.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sallis Self Efficacy for Healthy Eating Scale
Time Frame: eight weeks
20 item survey that asks respondents to rate, on a 5-point scale, their confident motivating themselves to eat healthy on a regular basis for at least six months.
Sallis Self Efficacy for Physical Activity Scale
Time Frame: eight weeks
12 item survey that asks respondents to rate, on a 5-point scale, their confidence at motivating themselves to exercise on a regular basis for at least six months.
Secondary Outcomes
- Body weight(eight weeks)