Pregnancy Tracking Pilot

Duke University

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Gestational Weight Gain

Treatments: Behavioral: Daily weighing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04025892

Pro00102563

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot study will examine perceptions about daily weighing for pregnant women with overweight or obesity by testing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of daily weighing for reducing excess gestational weight gain (GWG) within the context of a low intensity, digital-health based intervention delivered remotely with electronic feedback to participants.

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 34 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women ages 18-34
• first pregnancy and at 13-20 weeks' gestation
• low-risk uncomplicated pregnancy
• overweight or obese at the time they became pregnant
• willing to receive emails.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who are not pregnant
• not willing to receive emails
• pregnant women expecting more than a single birth,
• outside the window of 13-20 weeks' gestation
• high-risk or complicated pregnancy for which participation would be contraindicated
• advanced maternal age according to obstetric guidelines (i.e., age 35 or older)
• diabetes
• history of eating disorders
• pre-pregnancy weight less than 25 kg/m2or greater than 36 kg/m2 (either not overweight or with extreme obesity)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Tracking group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be asked to track weight daily for six weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Daily weighing