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NCT Number: NCT01813903

Family Welfare Pilot Intervention Study

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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Key information

Conditions

Obesity Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Maternal welfare clinics

Vantaa, 01300, Finland

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All families expecting their child at their standard 8-10 pregnancy weeks welfare clinic visit

Exclusion criteria

  • Parents are under 18-year-old
  • Parents do not speak Finnish
  • Parents do not have internet access

Treatment and study plan

Intensified dietary counseling

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.

Mobile application

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Food consumption of the parents

    Time frame: 7 months

    Measured with Food Frequency Questionnaire

  2. Maternal post-natal depression

    Time frame: 9 months

    Measured with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Food and health related attitudes and aims of the parent's

    Time frame: 9 months

    Questions about food and health related attitudes and aims

  2. Psychological flexibility of the parent's

    Time frame: 9 months

    Measured with Acceptance & Action Questionnaire (AAQ-2)

  3. Mental health of the parent's

    Time frame: 9 months

    Measured with Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Other Gov

Collaborators

  • Tampere University
  • The Finnish Heart Association
  • The National Consumer Research Centre
  • University of Helsinki
  • University of Jyvaskyla
  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Registry information

Official study title

Family Welfare Pilot Intervention Study at Finnish Welfare Clinics

Acronym: HYPE

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Mar 19, 2013
Registry last updated
Jun 8, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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