A Personalized Telehealth Intervention for Health and Weight Loss in Postpartum Women
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Postpartum Weight Retention
In brief
The purpose of this study is to help women lose the weight they gained during their pregnancy using a SmartPhone app the investigators have developed called E-Moms. The investigators hypothesize that the moms given the app to use during the study will lose more weight than the moms who do not use the app.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01751230
- Run by
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
- People needed
- 40
- Starts
- 2013-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-08-24
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Are a female who has delivered a baby within the last 2 months
- Are 18 years of age or older
- Have a body mass index ≥25 kg/m2 or <40 kg/m2
- Are accepted for post-pregnancy WIC services
- Are English-speaking
You may not qualify if…
- Are participating in the Nurse Family Partnership program
- Had multiples in your most recent pregnancy
- Are unwilling to be assigned at random to either of the 2 study groups
- Are planning to move out of the study area within the next 6 months
- Have a history of psychiatric conditions or chronic disease than can impact body weight, appetite, or energy intake such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
- Currently use antipsychotic medications or have used such medications in the previous 12 months
- Have been diagnosis with type I diabetes
- Report having a heart attack, stroke, or being hospitalized or treated for chest pain
- Currently taking medications or supplements to aid in weight loss
- Have had weight loss surgery in the past year or plan to have it prior to study completion.
- Currently participating in another interventional study that influences weight control
- Currently abusing drugs or alcohol (up to 14 drinks per week allowed)
Where it is running
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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