Healthy Mom Zone: A Gestational Weight Gain Management Intervention
NCT ID: NCT03945266
Last Updated: 2023-05-24
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COMPLETED
NA
31 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-07-08
2018-03-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention group
Participants receive the allocated intervention to help manage gestational weight gain that includes education on weight regulation, healthy eating, physical activity, and goal setting.
Intervention group
During the intervention, all participants will start out at the Baseline level. The baseline level will last 2 weeks and there will be an assessment to determine weight gain over those 2 weeks. If weight gain has succeeded the recommended amount, participants will be adapted up to a new level of intervention that includes education on GWG, healthy eating and physical activity. After every 4 weeks, an assessment will be performed and adaptations up will be made if necessary. Adaptations include addition of exercise sessions, healthy eating recipe demonstrations, and meal replacements. Participants will weigh themselves daily, wear an activity monitor, record their diet, and complete paper and online surveys.
Control group
Participants do not receive the allocated intervention but self-monitor their behaviors, complete study tasks and receive prenatal care as normal.
Control group
Participants will follow the same self-monitoring/assessment schedule but will not receive the GWG, healthy eating, and physical activity education or adaptations.
Interventions
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Intervention group
During the intervention, all participants will start out at the Baseline level. The baseline level will last 2 weeks and there will be an assessment to determine weight gain over those 2 weeks. If weight gain has succeeded the recommended amount, participants will be adapted up to a new level of intervention that includes education on GWG, healthy eating and physical activity. After every 4 weeks, an assessment will be performed and adaptations up will be made if necessary. Adaptations include addition of exercise sessions, healthy eating recipe demonstrations, and meal replacements. Participants will weigh themselves daily, wear an activity monitor, record their diet, and complete paper and online surveys.
Control group
Participants will follow the same self-monitoring/assessment schedule but will not receive the GWG, healthy eating, and physical activity education or adaptations.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Overweight or obese \[body mass index range 24- \>40 (if BMI (kg/m\^2) is \> 40, consultation with woman's health care provider (PCP/OBGYN) will be made to determine eligibility and ensure she does not have any contraindications to exercise) PI Danielle Downs will have communication with Dr. Hovick from MNPG to give information on the woman. The investigators also have a physician consent form (see Physician Patient Consent to Participate in documents) that the physician will complete as to whether the woman is eligible or not eligible to participate.
* Normal weight women with a BMI range of 18.0 to 23.9 can be enrolled in to the study as control participants (same measures of data collection, no opportunity for intervention).
* Ages 18-40 years \[based on pilot data this group comprises \>85% of the live births in Central Pennsylvania\]
* 1st, 2nd or 3rd pregnancy 6-16 weeks gestation
* Able to read, understand, and speak English
* Residing in and around State College, PA
* 1st and 2nd time pregnant mothers \[none or one other live or still born, biological children \> 25 weeks gestation prior to this pregnancy; it may be conceivable that a woman has a blended family due to a mixed marriage and she will not be excluded if she is a parent to a guardian, foster child, or step child\]
* Access to a computer or willingness to come onsite to complete study materials
* Infants born to participants who are 6-10 weeks old
Exclusion Criteria
* Diabetes at study entry \[while future adaptations of this study will target women with diabetes, for the pilot study, they will be excluded to control for this confound\]
* Contraindications to exercise in pregnancy \[Hemodynamically significant heart disease, Restrictive lung disease, Incompetent cervix/cerclage, Persistent second \[or third\] trimester bleeding, Placenta previa after 26 weeks of gestation, Premature labor during the current pregnancy, Ruptured membranes, Preeclampsia/pregnancy-induced hypertension\] per the ACOG guidelines \[ACOG Committee on Obstetric Practice. \[(2015, December). ACOG Committee opinion. Number 650: Physical Activity and Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 126,(6), 135-142\].
* Having a body mass index less than 18 or over 40 (exclusion only if physician doesn't provide consent for BMI is over 40)
* Not planning to live in the area for the study duration
* Severe allergies or dietary restrictions that would preclude eating healthy foods
* Not able to read, understand, and/or speak English
* Cognitively impaired
* Currently smoking
* Infants not born to participants
* Infants younger than 6 weeks old
18 Years
40 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
Arizona State University
OTHER
Penn State University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Danielle Downs
Professor, Kinesiology and Obstetrics & Gyneocology
Principal Investigators
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Danielle S Downs, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The Pennsylvania State University
Locations
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Noll Laboratory
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Countries
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References
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Symons Downs D, Savage JS, Rivera DE, Smyth JM, Rolls BJ, Hohman EE, McNitt KM, Kunselman AR, Stetter C, Pauley AM, Leonard KS, Guo P. Individually Tailored, Adaptive Intervention to Manage Gestational Weight Gain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Women With Overweight and Obesity. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Jun 8;7(6):e150. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9220.
Guo P, Rivera DE, Pauley AM, Leonard KS, Savage JS, Downs DS. A "Model-on-Demand" Methodology For Energy Intake Estimation to Improve Gestational Weight Control Interventions. IFAC Pap OnLine. 2018;51(15):144-149. doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.09.105. Epub 2018 Oct 8.
Rauff EL, Downs DS. A Prospective Examination of Physical Activity Predictors in Pregnant Women with Normal Weight and Overweight/Obesity. Womens Health Issues. 2018 Nov-Dec;28(6):502-508. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2018.09.003. Epub 2018 Oct 15.
Rauff EL, Downs DS. Mobile Health Technology in Prenatal Care: Understanding OBGYN Providers' Beliefs about Using Technology to Manage Gestational Weight Gain. J Technol Behav Sci. 2019 Mar;4(1):17-24. doi: 10.1007/s41347-018-0068-0. Epub 2018 Aug 15.
Pauley AM, Hohman E, Savage JS, Rivera DE, Guo P, Leonard KS, Symons Downs D. Gestational Weight Gain Intervention Impacts Determinants of Healthy Eating and Exercise in Overweight/Obese Pregnant Women. J Obes. 2018 Oct 1;2018:6469170. doi: 10.1155/2018/6469170. eCollection 2018.
Guo P, Rivera DE, Savage JS, Hohman EE, Pauley AM, Leonard KS, Downs DS. System Identification Approaches For Energy Intake Estimation: Enhancing Interventions For Managing Gestational Weight Gain. IEEE Trans Control Syst Technol. 2020 Jan;28(1):63-78. doi: 10.1109/TCST.2018.2871871. Epub 2018 Oct 12.
Freigoun MT, Rivera DE, Guo P, Hohman EE, Gernand AD, Downs DS, Savage JS. A Dynamical Systems Model of Intrauterine Fetal Growth. Math Comput Model Dyn Syst. 2018;24(6):661-687. doi: 10.1080/13873954.2018.1524387. Epub 2018 Oct 7.
Guo P, Rivera DE, Savage JS, Downs DS. State Estimation Under Correlated Partial Measurement Losses: Implications for Weight Control Interventions. IFAC Pap OnLine. 2017 Jul;50(1):13532-13537. doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.2347. Epub 2017 Oct 18.
Downs DS. Obesity in Special Populations: Pregnancy. Prim Care. 2016 Mar;43(1):109-20, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2015.09.003. Epub 2016 Jan 12.
Devlin CA, Huberty J, Downs DS. Influences of prior miscarriage and weight status on perinatal psychological well-being, exercise motivation and behavior. Midwifery. 2016 Dec;43:29-36. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.10.010. Epub 2016 Oct 29.
Guo P, Rivera DE, Downs DS, Savage JS. Semi-physical Identification and State Estimation of Energy Intake for Interventions to Manage Gestational Weight Gain. Proc Am Control Conf. 2016 Jul;2016:1271-1276. doi: 10.1109/ACC.2016.7525092. Epub 2016 Aug 1.
Downs DS, Devlin CA, Rhodes RE. The Power of Believing: Salient Belief Predictors of Exercise Behavior in Normal Weight, Overweight, and Obese Pregnant Women. J Phys Act Health. 2015 Aug;12(8):1168-76. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2014-0262. Epub 2014 Nov 19.
Savage JS, Downs DS, Dong Y, Rivera DE. Control systems engineering for optimizing a prenatal weight gain intervention to regulate infant birth weight. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jul;104(7):1247-54. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301959. Epub 2014 May 15.
Dong Y, Deshpande S, Rivera DE, Downs DS, Savage JS. Hybrid Model Predictive Control for Sequential Decision Policies in Adaptive Behavioral Interventions. Proc Am Control Conf. 2014 Jun;2014:4198-4203. doi: 10.1109/ACC.2014.6859462.
Downs DS, Savage JS, Rauff EL. Falling Short of Guidelines? Nutrition and Weight Gain Knowledge in Pregnancy. J Womens Health Care. 2014;3:1000184. doi: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000184.
Dong Y, Rivera DE, Downs DS, Savage JS, Thomas DM, Collins LM. Hybrid Model Predictive Control for Optimizing Gestational Weight Gain Behavioral Interventions. Proc Am Control Conf. 2013:1970-1975. doi: 10.1109/acc.2013.6580124.
Dong Y, Rivera DE, Thomas DM, Navarro-Barrientos JE, Downs DS, Savage JS, Collins LM. A Dynamical Systems Model for Improving Gestational Weight Gain Behavioral Interventions. Proc Am Control Conf. 2012:4059-4064. doi: 10.1109/acc.2012.6315424.
McNitt KM, Hohman EE, Rivera DE, Guo P, Pauley AM, Gernand AD, Symons Downs D, Savage JS. Underreporting of Energy Intake Increases over Pregnancy: An Intensive Longitudinal Study of Women with Overweight and Obesity. Nutrients. 2022 Jun 1;14(11):2326. doi: 10.3390/nu14112326.
Rosinger AY, Bethancourt HJ, Pauley AM, Latona C, John J, Kelyman A, Leonard KS, Hohman EE, McNitt K, Gernand AD, Downs DS, Savage JS. Variation in urine osmolality throughout pregnancy: a longitudinal, randomized-control trial among women with overweight and obesity. Eur J Nutr. 2022 Feb;61(1):127-140. doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02616-x. Epub 2021 Jul 3.
Guo P, Rivera DE, Dong Y, Deshpande S, Savage JS, Hohman EE, Pauley AM, Leonard KS, Downs DS. Optimizing Behavioral Interventions to Regulate Gestational Weight Gain With Sequential Decision Policies Using Hybrid Model Predictive Control. Comput Chem Eng. 2022 Apr;160:107721. doi: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.107721. Epub 2022 Feb 8.
Leonard KS, Pauley AM, Hohman EE, Guo P, Rivera DE, Savage JS, Buman MP, Symons Downs D. Identifying ActiGraph non-wear time in pregnant women with overweight or obesity. J Sci Med Sport. 2020 Dec;23(12):1197-1201. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.08.003. Epub 2020 Aug 11.
Ranghetti L, Rivera DE, Guo P, Visioli A, Savage JS, Symons Downs D. A control-based observer approach for estimating energy intake during pregnancy. Int J Robust Nonlinear Control. 2023 Jun;33(9):5105-5127. doi: 10.1002/rnc.6019. Epub 2022 Jan 30.
Savage JS, Hohman EE, McNitt KM, Pauley AM, Leonard KS, Turner T, Pauli JM, Gernand AD, Rivera DE, Symons Downs D. Uncontrolled Eating during Pregnancy Predicts Fetal Growth: The Healthy Mom Zone Trial. Nutrients. 2019 Apr 21;11(4):899. doi: 10.3390/nu11040899.
Downs DS, Savage JS, Rivera DE, Pauley AM, Leonard KS, Hohman EE, Guo P, McNitt KM, Stetter C, Kunselman A. Adaptive, behavioral intervention impact on weight gain, physical activity, energy intake, and motivational determinants: results of a feasibility trial in pregnant women with overweight/obesity. J Behav Med. 2021 Oct;44(5):605-621. doi: 10.1007/s10865-021-00227-9. Epub 2021 May 5.
Leonard KS, Symons Downs D. Low prenatal resting energy expenditure and high energy intake predict high gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight/obesity. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2022 Jul-Aug;16(4):281-287. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2022.07.003. Epub 2022 Jul 13.
Pauley AM, Hohman EE, Leonard KS, Guo P, McNitt KM, Rivera DE, Savage JS, Downs DS. Short Nighttime Sleep Duration and High Number of Nighttime Awakenings Explain Increases in Gestational Weight Gain and Decreases in Physical Activity but Not Energy Intake among Pregnant Women with Overweight/Obesity. Clocks Sleep. 2020 Nov 14;2(4):487-501. doi: 10.3390/clockssleep2040036.
Hohman EE, Smyth JM, McNitt KM, Pauley AM, Symons Downs D, Savage JS. Urinary cortisol is lower in pregnant women with higher pre-pregnancy BMI. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Jan 11;13:1014574. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1014574. eCollection 2022.
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Other Identifiers
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00003752
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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