A smartphone app to promote healthy weight gain, diet, and physical activity during pregnancy (HealthyMoms): protocol for a randomized controlled trial Henriksson, Pontus, Sandborg, Johanna, Blomberg, Marie, Alexandrou, Christina, Maddison, Ralph, Silfvernagel, Kristin, Henriksson, Hanna, Leppänen, Marja H, Migueles, Jairo H, Widman, Linnea, Thomas, Kristin, Trolle Lagerros, Ylva and Löf, Marie 2019, A smartphone app to promote healthy weight gain, diet, and physical activity during pregnancy (HealthyMoms): protocol for a randomized controlled trial, JMIR research protocols, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.2196/13011. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A smartphone app to promote healthy weight gain, diet, and physical activity during pregnancy (HealthyMoms): protocol for a randomized controlled trial Author(s) Henriksson, Pontus Sandborg, Johanna Blomberg, Marie Alexandrou, Christina Maddison, Ralph orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-5518 Silfvernagel, Kristin Henriksson, Hanna Leppänen, Marja H Migueles, Jairo H Widman, Linnea Thomas, Kristin Trolle Lagerros, Ylva Löf, Marie Journal name JMIR research protocols Volume number 8 Issue number 3 Article ID e13011 Start page 1 End page 10 Total pages 10 Publisher JMIR Publications Place of publication Toronto, Ont. Publication date 2019-03 ISSN 1929-0748 Keyword(s) diet exercise gestational weight gain mobile phone pregnancy smartphone telemedicine Summary BACKGROUND: Excessive gestational weight gain is common and associated with adverse outcomes both in the short and long term. Although traditional lifestyle-based interventions have shown to mitigate excess gestational weight gain, little is known about whether mobile Health (mHealth) apps can promote healthy weight gain, diet, and physical activity during pregnancy. OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of the HealthyMoms trial is to determine the effectiveness of a smartphone app (HealthyMoms) for mitigating excess gestational weight gain during pregnancy. Secondary aims are to determine the effectiveness of the app on dietary habits, physical activity, body fatness, and glycemia during pregnancy. METHODS: HealthyMoms is a two-arm randomized controlled trial. Women are being recruited at routine visits at the maternity clinics in Linköping, Norrköping and Motala, Sweden. Women are randomized to the control or intervention group (n=150 per group). All women will receive standard care, and women in the intervention group will also receive the HealthyMoms smartphone app. RESULTS: Recruitment of participants to the trial was initiated in October 2017, and 190 women have so far completed the baseline measurement. The baseline measures are estimated to be finalized in December 2019, and the follow-up measures are estimated to be completed in June 2020. CONCLUSIONS: This project will evaluate a novel smartphone app intervention integrated with existing maternity health care. If successful, it has great potential to be implemented nationally in order to promote healthy weight gain and health behaviors during pregnancy. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/13011. Language eng DOI 10.2196/13011 HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2019, Pontus Henriksson, Johanna Sandborg, Marie Blomberg, Christina Alexandrou, Ralph Maddison, Kristin Silfvernagel, Hanna Henriksson, Marja H Leppänen, Jairo H Migueles, Linnea Widman, Kristin Thomas, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Marie Löf Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30120124 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Open Access Checking Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 21 Mar 2019, 15:15:02 EST Fri, 22 Mar 2019, 04:00:26 EST Fri, 22 Mar 2019, 07:09:31 EST Tue, 30 Apr 2019, 16:05:40 EST Thu, 02 May 2019, 11:02:06 EST Thu, 02 May 2019, 11:08:54 EST Thu, 02 May 2019, 11:09:40 EST Sat, 29 Jun 2019, 02:32:29 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 59 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 21 Mar 2019, 15:15:02 EST

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