Family Welfare Pilot Intervention Study

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

59 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-04-30

Study Completion Date

2015-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to test internet and mobile-based applications to support motivating lifestyle counseling to promote healthy eating habits of the mothers and their spouses expecting first child. The feasibility of the intervention will be evaluated in the pilot.

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Detailed Description

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Lifestyle habits during pregnancy have long-term effects of baby's as well as mother's health. Pregnancy period is a favorable time for lifestyle changes, as the parents usually have motivation and assets to change lifestyle. Maternity welfare clinic is the place to promote healthy lifestyles because most Finnish families expecting child visit there at regular intervals.

Conditions

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Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Nutrition

Intensified dietary counseling and use of web application.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Intensified dietary counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is completed by public health nurses who will be trained to provide family-centered empowering and motivational lifestyle counseling at the normal health check visit. Parents expecting child will use web application developed for nutritional counseling. Web application consists of dietary questionnaire from which the parents will receive immediately automatic feedback. Feedback concerns the quality of diet in relation to the Finnish nutrition recommendations. Feedback will be given in an encouraging format. Own targets of food changes can also be recorded in the application, and the application can be used to monitor how they are achieved.

Flexible mind

Use of mobile applications.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile application

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mothers expecting child will use mobile application. Mobile application consists of text, audio and video exercises, which are aimed to increase the psychological flexibility and thus mental and physical well-being.

Normal maternity clinic visits

In control maternity clinics, nurses continue their usual counseling.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Intensified dietary counseling

The intervention is completed by public health nurses who will be trained to provide family-centered empowering and motivational lifestyle counseling at the normal health check visit. Parents expecting child will use web application developed for nutritional counseling. Web application consists of dietary questionnaire from which the parents will receive immediately automatic feedback. Feedback concerns the quality of diet in relation to the Finnish nutrition recommendations. Feedback will be given in an encouraging format. Own targets of food changes can also be recorded in the application, and the application can be used to monitor how they are achieved.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mobile application

Mothers expecting child will use mobile application. Mobile application consists of text, audio and video exercises, which are aimed to increase the psychological flexibility and thus mental and physical well-being.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL