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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether overweight but not obese pregnant African women having unlimited access to a health education-information technology (IT) based intervention package gain weight within the acceptable range of 8-12 kg during the pregnancy period.
Therefore, we hypothesize that unlimited access to health education via an IT-based intervention package has the potential to reduce the onset of obesity in African pregnant women.
To date (Aug 2015), 95% of patients have been recruited, 1320 potential subjects have been screened and 150 enrolled into the study
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| .HEDUAfrica IT package+ std care info | Other | The HEDUAfrica IT package website aims to target disadvantaged gravid women representing the core aspect of the intervention. The website is available on a touch screen panel at the two intervention clinics, (Cape Town and Soweto, SA). A healthcare worker will assist women with the touchscreen tablet at the follow up sessions. The website content includes a number of short videos and health messages related to a pregnancy-specific-disease outcomes. Patients participating in the IT package also receive std car info Participants are also asked to complete 2 questionnaires (24 hour dietary recall assessment and short messaging service technology driven) in conjunction to engaging with the HEDUAfrica website. The intervention is standardized across all participants in the intervention group. |
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| Health awareness brochure + std care | No Intervention | Participants in the non-intervention group at another clinic in Soweto, will receive an enhanced form of standard care. This will include, in conjunction with the normal form of care at each clinic,a health awareness brochure that will focus specifically on health information relating to obesity, diabetes, diet, exercise and breastfeeding at each follow-up sessions. These participants will also be asked to fill out the 24 hour dietary recall assessment and short messaging service technology questionnaire (exactly the same as the intervention group) with help from a healthcare worker. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEDUAfrica IT package+ standard care | Behavioral | The HEDUAfrica website aims to target disadvantaged pregnant women representing the core aspect of the intervention. The website is available on a touch screen panel at the two intervention clinics, (Cape Town and Soweto, South Africa). A trained healthcare worker will assist women by means of a touchscreen tablet at the follow up sessions. The website content includes a number of short videos and health messages related to a pregnancy-specific-disease outcomes. Participants are also asked to complete 2 questionnaires (24 hour dietary recall assessment and short messaging service technology driven) in conjunction to engaging with the HEDUAfrica website. The intervention is standardized across all participants in the intervention group. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| To determine a clinically significant difference (absolute difference of ≥10%) in the proportion of participants who gain > 12kg throughout study period will be less in the intervention group compared to the the non-intervention group. | Mother: Baseline (16-20 weeks pregnancy), 24 weeks, 32 weeks, day of delivery, 6 weeks & 12 weeks postpartum |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Change in plasma Vitamin C levels in both the mother and newborn | Mother: Baseline (16-20 weeks pregnancy), 24 weeks, 32 weeks, day of delivery, 6 weeks & 12 weeks postpartum; newborn: day of delivery, 6 weeks old, 12 weeks old | |
| Change in blood pressure profiles |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Sliwa, PhD | Contact | karen.sliwa-hahnle@uct.ac.za |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Karen Sliwa, PhD | Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa (HICRA), University of Cape Town | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Elias Motsoaledi clinic | Recruiting | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 1804 | South Africa | |
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| Label | URL |
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| This is the official website for the Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa. | View source |
| This is the official website of the Soweto Cardiovascular Research Heart Unit. | View source |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009765 | Obesity |
| D006266 | Health Education |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D050177 | Overweight |
| D044343 | Overnutrition |
| D009748 | Nutrition Disorders |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
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| Mother: Baseline (16-20 weeks pregnancy), 24 weeks, 32 weeks, day of delivery, 6 weeks & 12 weeks postpartum; newborn: day of delivery, 6 weeks old, 12 weeks old |
| Improved resting heart rate | Mother: Baseline (16-20 weeks pregnancy), 24 weeks, 32 weeks, day of delivery, 6 weeks & 12 weeks postpartum; newborn: day of delivery, 6 weeks old, 12 weeks old |
| Clinically normal C-reactive protein levels (<1 mg/dL) | Mother: Baseline (16-20 weeks pregnancy), 24 weeks, 32 weeks, day of delivery, 6 weeks & 12 weeks postpartum; newborn: day of delivery, 6 weeks old, 12 weeks old |
| Apgar score >3 | Newborn: Day of delivery |
| To determine what women actually know (and how much they understand) about the risk factors during their pregnancy. | Mobile intervention with text messages provide essential health information and encouragement to patients which may act as an effective strategy in preventing weight gain which will be assessed with a pre and post intervention questionnaire to evaluate whether the texts were understood and deemed beneficial by the patients. | Mother: Baseline (16-20 weeks pregnancy), 24 weeks, 32 weeks, day of delivery, 6 weeks & 12 weeks postpartum |
| Improved awareness of food choices | A 24 hour recall dietary assessment will be administered to evaluate changes in food choice behaviour. | Mother: Baseline (16-20 weeks pregnancy), 24 weeks, 32 weeks, 6 weeks postpartum |
| Cost saving potential of intervention from a societal perspective. | September 2015 |
| Change in body composition (fat percentage, body water percentage, bone mass, muscle mass, bone density and visceral fat) of mother. | Mother: Baseline (12-16 weeks pregnancy), 24 weeks, 32 weeks, day of delivery, 6 weeks & 12 weeks postpartum |
| Senaoane Clinic |
| Recruiting |
| Johannesburg |
| Gauteng |
| 1818 |
| South Africa |
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| D001835 |
| Body Weight |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D000099060 | Adherence Interventions |
| D055118 | Medication Adherence |
| D010349 | Patient Compliance |
| D010342 | Patient Acceptance of Health Care |
| D000074822 | Treatment Adherence and Compliance |
| D015438 | Health Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |