Efficacy of an App for Monitoring Physical Activity and Weight of Obese Pregnant Women
Efficacy of an App for Monitoring Physical Activity and Weight of Obese Pregnant Women
This study evaluate the efficacy of an App for monitoring the physical activity and weight with a smart watch and the provision of virtual advice through messages with a mobile phone in obese pregnant women in the second trimester.
Half of the women will be randomized at the intervention group (App + smart watch) and the other half, to the control group who will receive the usual prenatal care.
Randomized controlled trial among obese women. These women will be randomized in two groups in order to evaluate an improvement in several outcomes thanks to different strategies:
Intervention group (IG). An App for monitoring physical activity and weight with a smart watch and the administration of virtual advice through messages with mobile phone and the midwife's feedback, as well as the provision of usual prenatal care.
Control group. Pregnant women will receive the usual prenatal care. Main hypothesis: In the intervention group pregnant women will improve the weight gain adjusted to the preconception BMI, during pregnanacy, with respect to the pregnant women of the control group.
Secondary hypothesis. In the intervention group pregnant women will improve the physical activity.
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