A Personalized Telehealth Intervention for Health and Weight Loss in Postpartum Women (E-Moms)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postpartum Weight Retention

Treatments: Behavioral: WIC E-Moms

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01751230

PBRC 12030

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to help women lose the weight they gained during their pregnancy using a SmartPhone app the investigators have developed called E-Moms. The investigators hypothesize that the moms given the app to use during the study will lose more weight than the moms who do not use the app.

Full description

The E-Moms Study will last about 4 months. The weight management program is 4 months long and will end about 6 months after the participant's baby is born. All participants will receive Women, Infants and Children (WIC) services.

For the weight management program, participants will be put into one of these groups:

1. WIC Moms: receive advice and services for nutrition and weight management after pregnancy from their WIC clinic.
2. WIC E-Moms: receive a personalized diet and exercise plan to help them lose the weight they gained during their pregnancy. All information will be given to them using a SmartPhone, such as an iPhone. They will also get advice and services from your WIC clinic.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Are a female who has delivered a baby within the last 2 months
• Are 18 years of age or older
• Have a body mass index ≥25 kg/m2 or <40 kg/m2
• Are accepted for post-pregnancy WIC services
• Are English-speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Are participating in the Nurse Family Partnership program
• Had multiples in your most recent pregnancy
• Are unwilling to be assigned at random to either of the 2 study groups
• Are planning to move out of the study area within the next 6 months
• Have a history of psychiatric conditions or chronic disease than can impact body weight, appetite, or energy intake such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
• Currently use antipsychotic medications or have used such medications in the previous 12 months
• Have been diagnosis with type I diabetes
• Report having a heart attack, stroke, or being hospitalized or treated for chest pain
• Currently taking medications or supplements to aid in weight loss
• Have had weight loss surgery in the past year or plan to have it prior to study completion.
• Currently participating in another interventional study that influences weight control
• Currently abusing drugs or alcohol (up to 14 drinks per week allowed)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

WIC E-Moms

Experimental group

Description:

If picked for this group, you will receive a personalized diet and exercise plan to help you lose the weight you gained during your pregnancy. All information will be given to you using a SmartPhone, such as an iPhone. You can use your own phone or one can be loaned to you for the study. You will also be loaned a scale so you can weigh yourself at home. You will also get advice and services from your WIC clinic.

Treatment:

Behavioral: WIC E-Moms

WIC Moms

No Intervention group

Description:

You will get advice and services for nutrition and weight management after pregnancy from your WIC clinic.