Home Visits in Pregnancy and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

serpil toker

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prenatal Care; Home Visits; Pregnancy

Treatments: Behavioral: healthy living behaviors

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07061795

24-KAEK-079

Details and patient eligibility

About

Abstract Background: Prenatal home visits allow early risk detection and comprehensive care in the pregnant woman's own environment.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of home-based prenatal care on health-promoting behaviors during pregnancy.

Design and Setting: A randomized controlled trial conducted at a family health center between September and December 2024.

Methods: A total of 200 pregnant women were randomly assigned to intervention (n=100) and control (n=100) groups. The intervention group received structured care via three monthly home visits; the control group received routine care. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale in Pregnant (HLBS-P).

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Gestational age less than 28 weeks Pregnancy record created by the Family Health Center

Exclusion criteria

Those who do not want to participate in the research Pregnant who do not speak Turkish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Home visits group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: healthy living behaviors

routine follow-up

No Intervention group

Description:

Healthy lifestyle behaviors of pregnant women given routine prenatal care