Managing Weight in Pregnancy

NCT01770522 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 12068
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 368
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It is well known that being overweight or obese increases the risk of health problems, and that many people find it difficult to maintain a healthy weight. Worryingly the rise in obesity is greater in women than in the male population. One possible reason for this is that some women gain too much weight during their pregnancy and find it difficult to lose this weight after the birth of their baby. For example, women who gain more weight than recommended during pregnancy have been shown to be more likely to carry excess that weight at 1 and 15 years after pregnancy, compared to women who gained the recommended amount of weight. There are currently no evidence-based guidelines in the UK for how weight should be managed during pregnancy. For these reasons, it is really important that we understand the factors affecting weight management before, during and after pregnancy. The aim of this research is therefore to find successful approaches to help women manage their weight before, during and after pregnancy. This will be completed by understanding the knowledge, attitudes, experiences and expectations of women during and after pregnancy and to identify the factors (e.g. diet, physical activity, poor social network etc.) which influence body weight. This will enable us to suggest better strategies for promoting healthy weight changes during and after pregnancy.

Conditions

Pregnancy Related

Keywords

Bodyweight; Physical Acivitiy; Diet; Bodymass index; Pregnancy; Postnatal

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Weight change during pregnancy and postnatal period

  To determine the weight change during pregnancy and postnatal period related to pre-pregnancy weight

  18 months +/- 2 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Secondary outcomes

  18 months +/- 2 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Particpants will be approached at their routine 12 or 20 weeks prnatal scan at the antenatal scanning clinics at the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.

You may qualify if:

• Participants will be pregnant women at 12 or 20 weeks pregnancy attending the 12 and 20 week antenatal scanning clinics at the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
• Participants will be able to give informed consent- Participants will be over the age of 18
• Participants will be able to read English - due to the nature of the study we will not be able to print the questionnaires in various languages.
• Participants will be of any sociodemographic backgrounds, bodyweights and parity.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants who do not feel that their literacy or English language skills will enable them to complete the questionnaires will be offered the opportunity to have one of the research team read the questions and fill in the answers for them. Whilst doing this and being sensitive to literacy and language issues, the nature of this feasibility study means that the research team will not offer an interpreting service or produce documents in languages other than English.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Nottingham: lead

Study Sites (1)

Univeristy of Nottingham Hospital

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Swift JA, Pearce J, Jethwa PH, Taylor MA, Avery A, Ellis S, Langley-Evans SC, McMullen S. Antenatal Weight Management: Women's Experiences, Behaviours, and Expectations of Weighing in Early Pregnancy. J Pregnancy. 2016;2016:8454759. doi: 10.1155/2016/8454759. Epub 2016 Oct 24.

  PMID: 27843648 BACKGROUND

• Swift JA, Langley-Evans SC, Pearce J, Jethwa PH, Taylor MA, Avery A, Ellis S, McMullen S, Elliott-Sale KJ. Antenatal weight management: Diet, physical activity, and gestational weight gain in early pregnancy. Midwifery. 2017 Jun;49:40-46. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2017.01.016. Epub 2017 Jan 31.

  PMID: 28238351 RESULT

Study Officials

• Preeti H Jethwa, PhD

  University of Nottingham

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Helen Budge, PhD

  Queens Medical Centre

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 15, 2013
• First Posted: January 17, 2013
• Study Start: January 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2014
• Study Completion: August 1, 2014
• Last Updated: February 8, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)