Health Behaviors in Pregnancy

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lifestyle; Pregnancy Related; Prenatal Care Late

Treatments: Other: Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03242174

PBRC 2017-036

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess health and lifestyle behavior of pregnant women in Baton Rouge including women receiving traditional obstetrical prenatal care and delivering in a hospital and those receiving prenatal care from a midwife and delivering at the birth center.

Full description

It is of scientific interest to learn what the health and lifestyle behaviors are for women receiving prenatal care in a non-traditional birth center and the impact of these behaviors on pregnancy and birth outcomes.Participants will be offered a questionnaire packet to complete at a prenatal appointment in the third trimester of pregnancy by their obstetrical prenatal care provider. The questionnaire packet will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

Enrollment: 143 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy ≥ 28 weeks GA

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

143 participants in 2 patient groups

Traditional Obstetrical Prenatal Care

Description:

Pregnant women receiving traditional obstetrical prenatal care and delivering in a hospital will be offered the Health Behavior questionnaire packet at third trimester prenatal appointment

Treatment:

Other: Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet

Prenatal Care from Midwife

Description:

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care from a midwife and delivering at the birth center will be offered the Health Behavior questionnaire packet at third trimester prenatal appointment

Treatment:

Other: Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet