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Web/Smartphone-based Lifestyle Coaching Program in Pregnant Women With Gestational Diabetes

NCT03249896 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 340

Last updated 2019-05-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects one fifth of Singaporean pregnancies and can result in short and long term complications for mother and child. Mobile applications are effective in improving diabetes care and weight related behaviors through improved self-management. A multidisciplinary healthcare team from National University Hospital, Singapore has worked with Jana Care to develop the Habits-GDM smartphone app, a lifestyle coaching program specific for gestational diabetes. It consists of interactive lessons to provide patient education, diet, activity and weight tracking tools, messaging platform for coaching and motivating patients towards healthy behavior beneficial for gestational diabetes. It interfaces with the Aina device, a novel hardware sensor that plugs into any smartphone and can be used for glucose monitoring. This study aims to test the effectiveness of this app in preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy among patients with gestational diabetes.

Conditions

  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Weight Gain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Habits-GDM mobile app

The intervention is a self-administered mobile app designed for GDM. It targets behavioural change by providing personalised GDM management program which consists of three main elements: lessons, tracking and coaching/feedback. Lessons contains 12 interactive modules which provide patient education on GDM. Each lesson will take approximately 10-20 minutes. Information on SMBG (linked to the Aina or Aina Mini device), weight (linked to the Bluetooth weighing scale), physical activity (physical activity tracking function in the app), and food (equipped with common local food using the Singapore food database) can be tracked and displayed visually. An interactive messaging platform is used for coaching. Generic and customised automated messages are sent from a virtual lifestyle coach to encourage and motivate patients towards healthy behaviour beneficial for GDM.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jana Care

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • National University Hospital, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-05
Primary Completion
2019-04-26
Completion
2019-05-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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