Effectiveness of Whatsapp Messages in Gestational Weight Gain
Gestational Weight Gain
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Gestational Weight Gain focused on measuring pregnancy, gestational weight gain, weight gain during pregnancy, healthy eating, physical exercise
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Between the ages of 18-45,
- Using Whatsapp,
- Having a smart phone and using the internet,
- At least primary school graduate/literate,
- Does not have any chronic and psychological disorders,
- Having spontaneous pregnancy,
- Volunteer to participate in the research,
- Pregnancy below the 16th week of participation in the study,
- Not having any physical disability,
- Pregnant women with low pregnancies with low BMI and not morbidly obese were included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
Dropping out of research participation and initiative program,
- Low,
- Giving birth before 37 weeks,
- Having multiple pregnancy,
- Those who did not have a spontaneous pregnancy were not included in the study.
Sites / Locations
- Ordu UniversityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
İnitiative group
Control group
All pregnant women participating in the study were divided into intervention and control groups by applying randomization. Pre-test data of both groups will be collected before 18th gestational week, and post-test data will be collected after 37th gestational week. Pregnant women assigned to the initiative group were added to a group established via Whatsapp. Information messages will be sent via Whatsapp on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for the first 10 weeks / three times a week (up to the 28th week), and reminder messages will be sent once a week on Wednesdays between the 29th-36th weeks. When necessary, individual messages will be sent to the pregnant women and special directions will be given according to their weight gain rates.
In the same way, a Whatsapp group will be set up to the control group and messages will be sent once a month about the subjects included in antenatal care up to 37 weeks. Topics included in routine maintenance will be included.