Use of healthy conversation skills to promote healthy diets, physical activity and gestational weight gain: Results from a pilot randomised controlled trial
| Autor: | Wendy Lawrence, Megan Jarman, Mary Barker, Laura M. Adam, Donna P. Manca, Rhonda C. Bell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Physical activity Pilot Projects Health Promotion law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial Pregnancy law Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Conversation Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine Exercise media_common business.industry Communication 030503 health policy & services Health behaviour Prenatal Care General Medicine medicine.disease Gestational Weight Gain Pregnancy Complications Physical therapy Gestation Female Diet Healthy medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Weight gain |
| Zdroj: | Patient Education and Counseling. 103:1134-1142 |
| ISSN: | 0738-3991 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pec.2020.01.001 |
| Popis: | Objectives This study evaluated the use of Healthy Conversation Skills (a client-centered communication approach to behaviour change) in supporting women to achieve optimal gestational-weight-gain and health behaviours. Methods Seventy pregnant women were randomised to the control or intervention group. Study visits and phone calls were delivered by Registered Dietitians (RDs) to women in the intervention and control groups. The intervention RD was trained in Healthy Conversation Skills while the control RD was not. Diet, physical activity and gestational-weight-gain were assessed at baseline and again at follow-up in the intervention and control groups. Results Women in the intervention group improved their diet score between baseline and visit 2, while the control group did not. At 34 weeks, women in the control group reported being sedentary for longer than women in the intervention group. There were no differences in total gestational-weight-gain between the groups. Conclusions Pregnant women who interacted with an RD using Healthy Conversation Skills reported positive outcomes in health behaviours. Practice implications: Healthy Conversation Skills shows promise as an approach to initiate, and maintain discussions promoting health behaviour change in pregnancy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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