NCT01948323

Pregnancy-Related Obesity Prevention Through Education & Communication Technology in AFRICA:The PROTECT-AFRICA STUDY

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Cape Town · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HEDUAfrica IT package+ standard care	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2013-09-23
• Last updated: 2015-08-14

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: South Africa