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| Name | Class |
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| Tampere University | OTHER |
| University of Helsinki | OTHER |
| University of Jyvaskyla | OTHER |
| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
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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.
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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Nutrition | Experimental | Intensified dietary counseling and use of web application. |
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| Flexible mind | Experimental | Use of mobile applications. |
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| Normal maternity clinic visits | No Intervention | In control maternity clinics, nurses continue their usual counseling. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| 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. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Food consumption of the parents | Measured with Food Frequency Questionnaire | 7 months |
| Maternal post-natal depression | Measured with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS) | 9 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Food and health related attitudes and aims of the parent's | Questions about food and health related attitudes and aims | 9 months |
| Psychological flexibility of the parent's | Measured with Acceptance & Action Questionnaire (AAQ-2) |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Suvi I Virtanen, Professor | Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Maternal welfare clinics | Vantaa | 01300 | Finland |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009765 | Obesity |
| ID | Term |
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| D050177 | Overweight |
| D044343 | Overnutrition |
| D009748 | Nutrition Disorders |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
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| OTHER |
| The Finnish Heart Association | UNKNOWN |
| The National Consumer Research Centre | UNKNOWN |
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| 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. |
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| 9 months |
| Mental health of the parent's | Measured with Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF) | 9 months |
| D001835 |
| Body Weight |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |