Personalized Mobile Health Intervention for Health and Weight Loss in Postpartum Women Receiving Women, Infants, and Children Benefit: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Autor: Elizabeth F. Sutton, L. Anne Gilmore, Corby K. Martin, Monica C. Klempel, Leanne M. Redman, Jeffrey H. Burton, Candice A. Myers
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Women's Health. 26:719-727
ISSN: 1931-843X
1540-9996
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2016.5947
Popis: Background: Prepregnancy maternal obesity and excessive weight gain during pregnancy lead to significant morbidities in mothers and their children. Mothers who never return to their prepregnancy weight begin subsequent pregnancies at a greater weight and have a larger propensity for excess gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention. Methods: In this pilot study, 40 postpartum women credentialed to receive postpartum women, infants, and children (WIC) service were randomized to usual care (“WIC Moms”) or a personalized health intervention delivered via a SmartPhone (“E-Moms”). Assessments, including body weight, vital signs, circumferences, and body composition, were completed at week 0 (6–8 weeks postpartum), week 8, and week 16. Results: Results are presented as change from week 0 at 16. As per the completers analysis, body weight change was not different between the groups (WIC Moms vs. E-Moms; 1.8 ± 0.9 vs. −0.1 ± 0.9 kg; p = 0.10), neither was the change in percent body fat (1.7 ...
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