The Effects of Peer-led Walking Intervention With mHealth Technology

Chin-Tsung Shen

Status: Completed

Conditions: mHealth Intervention

Treatments: Behavioral: mhealth

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05022680

LCF MOST 109-110

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will apply the peer-led walking intervention with mHealth technology to maintain physical activity and promote prenatal health. Moreover, the participants of the trained peer mentors support women walking with mHealth technology, which has pregnant women using the APP to set goals, self-monitor, and self-manage, and it will continue to promote physical activity for overweight and obese pregnant women

Full description

This study was to investigate the effectiveness of peer-led walking intervention with mHealth technology on physical activity, self-efficacy, weekly steps, exercise involvement and depression status. Participants of the trained peer mentors encourage women walking with mHealth technology, which has pregnant women using the APP to set goals, self-record, and self-monitor, and it will continue to promote physical activity for overweight and obese pregnant women.This study's results will be useful to healthcare providers who need to promote physical exercise and an active lifestyle for overweight and obese pregnant women.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women who had a pre-pregnancy body mass index of more than 25 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

Participants were used app to record their diet and steps every day

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group was the mHealth with peer led to improved their physical activity during pregnancy. Participants received app to record and monitor their physical activity every days and using it until childbirth.

Treatment:

Behavioral: mhealth

non-mhealth

No Intervention group

Description:

control group was the traditional prenatal care during pregnancy.