Postpartum Weight Retention
- Conditions
- DepressionObesityHypertension
- Registration Number
- NCT02867631
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Brief Summary
The Postpartum Weight Management Study is a true community-academic collaboration, bringing together Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) staff and the investigator, Dr. Charmaine Smith Wright from the University of Pennsylvania to address the needs of postpartum moms. The project is an innovative intervention to help moms lose weight after the birth of their baby. Helping mothers control their weight during pregnancy and beyond can help both mother and baby avoid later obesity and cardiovascular disease. Although all women are at risk for retaining the weight gained during pregnancy, this problem is amplified for low-income, minority women. The holistic approach aims to prevent postpartum weight retention and increase breastfeeding duration with a multi-component, low-cost intervention that provides: 1) Motivational appeals delivered in text message format; 2) Environmental aides, such as a baby carrier to combine exercise with infant care, and a pedometer to accurately measure exercise at home; 3) Enhanced peer support, including home visits and group classes with other mothers; and 4) Task-oriented professional support from nutrition and lactation experts, who assist women in developing a personalized health plan. The effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated using a randomized control methodology among clients of MCC.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 175
- All women who speak English, and are within six weeks of delivering a live, term, single infants
- Women who have multiple births or preterm (<38 weeks gestation) infants
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postpartum weight change Baseline and 1 year post intervention Weight difference at one year post intervention and start of intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Nutrition knowledge score change Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year post intervention start Using validated nutrition knowledge scale at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year post intervention, difference from baseline
Dietary quality Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year post intervention Descriptive analysis of a food log from the time points proposed
Infant growth Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year post intervention start Infant weight for length percentile at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year post intervention (weight in pounds and length in inches converted to weight for length percentile using World Health Organization software support http://www.who.int/childgrowth/software/readme_stata.pdf?ua=1)
Depression Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year post intervention start Using Edinburgh perinatal depression screen score, as a continuous and dichotomous (Yes/No) variable
Postpartum weight change Baseline and 6 months post intervention start Weight difference at 6 months post intervention and start of intervention
Waist circumference as continuous measure, in inches Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year post intervention start Acquired at study assessments at the proposed time points
Back to prepregnancy weight baseline and 1 year post intervention Dichotomous (yes/no) variable describing whether the subject returned to pre-pregnancy weight (difference between 1 year post and self-reported pre-pregnancy weight at baseline time point survey=0) or not
Back to pregnancy weight, continuous baseline and 1 year postpartum Continuous (difference in 1 year post-intervention weight and self-reported pre-pregnancy weight reported at baseline time point survey) variable describing the change in weight over time
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Maternity Care Coalition
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States