Feasibility of a brief weight loss intervention for women following childbirth, delivered within the national child immunisation programme

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postnatal weight gain and obesity; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Obesity

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10460064
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Birmingham

Brief Summary

2020 protocol in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32066605/ (added 08/06/2021) 2021 results in https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04673-9 (added 08/06/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-08-28
• Study Completion: 2019-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 21 June 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women who have given birth between four and eight weeks ago
2. Have not yet attend the first immunisation visit
3. Aged 18 or over
4. BMI 25kg/m2 or more
5. Considered suitable to participate by their GP

Exclusion Criteria

1. Dependency on insulin
2. Using illicit drugs or alcohol
3. Experiencing serious mental health difficulties (e.g. postnatal psychosis) or known history of eating disorders
4. Mothers in contact with social services because of concerns relating to safeguarding and/or domestic violence
5. Mothers whose babies have been removed from their care at birth
6. Mothers whose babies have died

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified