NCT02516865

Practical Approaches to Exercise in Moms

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Maxine Mendelson · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project aims to test the feasibility of a practical physical activity intervention for postpartum women, incorporating the use of body weights worn during typical daily activities.

Detailed description

We are piloting a 3-arm, unblinded, randomized controlled trial in postpartum women; with 10 participants in each study group. Women will be recruited at 2-6 months postpartum, with the intervention lasting through 12 months postpartum. Data collection will include:1) Physical activity; 2) Maternal body composition; 3) Questionnaires to assess:motivation to adopt healthy behaviors, body attitudes, infant feeding practices; 4) Process evaluation to assess: likes and dislikes about the intervention program, suggestions for improving the intervention, reasons for leaving the study. The proposed study time period is 6 months for study recruitment, 18 months to carry out the study, and 6 months for data analysis (total 2 years).

Conditions

• Body Weight

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Fitbit activity tracker	Tracks steps taken, floors climbed, and distance traveled. Sleep quality is an additional measurement.
DEVICE	Ankle weights	Worn during typical daily activities.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2016-04-01
• Completion: 2017-04-01
• First posted: 2015-08-06
• Last updated: 2015-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States