FitMum: Fitness for Good Health of Mother and Child

Summary

A physically active lifestyle during pregnancy has potential to improve maternal and child health. However, less than four out of ten Danish pregnant women succeed to achieve 30 minutes of daily physical activity at moderate intensity as recommended by the Danish Health Authorities. This project investigates how to implement physical activity in pregnant women´s everyday life by testing the efficacy of two very different exercise programs on physical activity level during pregnancy.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Related
• Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Structured supervised exercise training

EXE contains three weekly one-hour exercise sessions at moderate intensity, more specifically one water exercise session and two land exercise sessions. The training will be supervised, held in teams, and both water and land exercise sessions will consist of a combination of aerobic and resistance training.

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational counseling supported by health technology

MOT contains four individual and three group counseling sessions taking place from randomization until GA week 33+6 and aim to motivate the participants to increase their physical activity level at moderate intensity. During individual sessions, feedback on physical activity performance will be provided based on activity data acquired from the activity tracker and further, MOT-participants will receive weekly SMS-reminders about physical activity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Technical University of Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Aarhus

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Graz

  collaborator OTHER

• Deakin University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Copenhagen

  collaborator OTHER

• Nordsjaellands Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Bente M Stallknecht, PhD, DMSc · Department of Biomedical Sciences at University of Copenhagen

• Ellen CL Løkkegaard, PhD · Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Nordsjaellands Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-09-19

Primary Completion

2021-03-05

Completion

2022-06-08

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations