SmartMoms Canada: An evaluation of a pregnancy-specific mobile health application to manage weight gain during pregnancy

Not Applicable

Suspended

• Conditions: Maternal and child health during pregnancy; Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16254958
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Ottawa

Brief Summary

2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36572241/ (added 28/12/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-12-20
• Study Completion: 2022-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 9 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Suspended
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

1. Medically cleared pregnant women (i.e. based on health care provider (HCP) assessment)
2. Less than 20 weeks pregnant (gestation)
3. Carrying a singleton fetus
4. Age 18-40 years old
5. Pre-gravid BMI between 18.5-39.9 kg/m²
6. Having Wi-Fi access

Exclusion Criteria

1. Consuming alcohol, tobacco or other drugs
2. Pre-pregnancy insulin-treated diabetes
3. Untreated thyroid disease
4. Hypertension requiring medication
5. Other medical conditions that may impact maternal or fetal weight
6. Serious fetal congenital anomalies
7. Contraindications to exercise during pregnancy (based on Mottola et al., 2018)
8. Planning to have the child adopted (as our team would be unable to measure infant outcomes)
9. Women who score > 13 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale during the first assessment or who indicate that they are at risk of harming themselves (these women will be referred to a psychologist)
10. Unable to communicate in English or French

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified