NCT05328622

Rewarding Healthy Behaviors in Pregnancy and Postpartum

Rewarding Healthy Behaviors in Pregnancy and Postpartum With Aqueduct

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Transcendent International, LLC · Industry
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 52 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a single-arm pilot clinical trial with two primary research goals: 1. To test the efficacy of a software's ability to profile eligible individuals who decline participation in a clinical trial ("non-consenters") so that research staff may improve recruitment strategies for subsequent waves of potential participants. 2. To test the feasibility of using the software's contingency management program in a population of pregnant persons in their third trimester of pregnancy.

Detailed description

The first aim of the study is to test the feasibility of using a software program to incentivize pregnant patients to adhere to their prescribed prenatal appointments, postnatal appointment, and healthy behaviors. Participants will receive daily text messages that encourage engagement with health behaviors, and then participants earn points when they attend their scheduled appointments, bring in prescribed monitoring logs, and take their medications as prescribed. A related aim of the study is to examine the effectiveness of the software system in providing support to researchers in implementing targeted participant recruitment in a manner that is labor-efficient and sustainable. The study will determine the efficacy of the software for (1) using psycho-demographic data to achieve more representative enrollment vis-à-vis target populations and (2) iteratively tailoring outreach materials and communication techniques based on actionable insights about those who participate and those who decline to participate.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Related

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Aqueduct Contingency Management Platform	All individuals who consent to participate will engage with the Aqueduct contingency management system. Once participants are enrolled, they accumulate points in Aqueduct for each prenatal/postpartum appointment they attend. They also earn points for attending pregnancy and birth related classes, monitoring their health (e.g., blood sugar, blood pressure), and taking prescribed medications. Participants then redeem their points for money on a Visa gift card. Enrolled participants also receive daily text messages that contain motivational and mini-educational content regarding pregnancy from trusted sources such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Evidence Based Birth, and Postpartum Support International. These texts serve as reminders to participants to remain engaged in their pregnancy care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-12
• Primary completion: 2023-05-08
• Completion: 2023-05-08
• First posted: 2022-04-14
• Last updated: 2024-01-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States