Promoting Appropriate Weight Gain Pregnant Women (GRUVE)

University of Kansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy

Treatments: Behavioral: Intervention; Behavioral: Intervention 2

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04180878

13749

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to learn if engaging in group based phone counseling (GBPC) and an interactive physical activity monitoring system can help pregnant women gain an appropriate amount of weight during pregnancy.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 12-16 weeks pregnant
• Pre-pregnancy BMI between 22 kg/m2 to 45 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• Diabetes
• Pre-eclampsia
• Hypertension
• Other metabolic abnormalities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 3 patient groups

Control Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group were informed to continue to receive usual care.

Intervention Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Received an interactive physical activity monitoring system (the Gruve®).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention

Intervention Arm 2

Experimental group

Description:

Received an interactive physical activity monitoring system (the Gruve®) and group based phone counseling (GBPC).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention 2