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Continuity of midwifery care and gestational weight gain in obese women : a randomised controlled trial

Nagle, Cate, Skouteris, Helen, Hotchin, Anne, Bruce, Lauren, Patterson, Denise and Teale, Glyn 2011, Continuity of midwifery care and gestational weight gain in obese women : a randomised controlled trial, B M C Public Health, vol. 11, no. 174, pp. 1-6.

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Title Continuity of midwifery care and gestational weight gain in obese women : a randomised controlled trial
Author(s) Nagle, Cate
Skouteris, Helen
Hotchin, Anne
Bruce, Lauren
Patterson, Denise
Teale, Glyn
Journal name B M C Public Health
Volume number 11
Issue number 174
Start page 1
End page 6
Publisher B M C Public Health
Place of publication London, England
Publication date 2011
ISSN 1471-2458
Summary Background: The increased prevalence of obesity in pregnant women in Australia and other developed countries is a significant public health concern. Obese women are at increased risk of serious perinatal complications and guidelines recommend weight gain restriction and additional care. There is limited evidence to support the effectiveness of dietary and physical activity lifestyle interventions in preventing adverse perinatal outcomes and new strategies need to be evaluated. The primary aim of this project is to evaluate the effect of continuity of midwifery care on restricting gestational weight gain in obese women to the recommended range. The secondary aims of the study are to assess the impact of continuity of midwifery care on: women’s experience of pregnancy care; women’s satisfaction with care and a range of psychological factors.
Methods/Design: A two arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted with primigravid women recruited from maternity services in Victoria, Australia. Participants will be primigravid women, with a BMI≥30 who are less than 17 weeks gestation. Women allocated to the intervention arm will be cared for in a midwifery continuity of care model and receive an informational leaflet on managing weight gain in pregnancy. Women allocated to the control group will receive routine care in addition to the same informational leaflet. Weight gain during pregnancy, standards of care, medical and obstetric information will be extracted from medical records. Data collected at recruitment (self administered survey) and at 36 weeks by postal survey will include sociodemographic information and the use of validated scales to measure secondary outcomes.
Discussion: Continuity of midwifery care models are well aligned with current Victorian, Australian and many international government policies on maternity care. Increasingly, midwifery continuity models of care are being introduced in low risk maternity care, and information on their application in high risk populations is required. There is an identified need to trial alternative antenatal interventions to reduce perinatal risk factors for women who are obese and the findings from this project may have application in other maternity services. In addition this study will inform a larger trial that will focus on birth and postnatal outcomes.
Language eng
Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Socio Economic Objective 920507 Women's Health
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2011, Nagle et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30034489

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Nursing and Midwifery
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