Effect of the Pregnant+ smartphone application in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomised controlled trial in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effect of the Pregnant+ app on the 2-hour glucose level of the routine postpartum oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The Pregnant+ app was designed to provide information about GDM, and promote physical activity and a healthy diet.

Design

A multicentre, non-blinded randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Five diabetes outpatient clinics in the Oslo region.

Participants

Women ≥18 years old with a 2-hour OGTT blood glucose level ≥9 mmol/L who owned a smartphone; understood Norwegian, Urdu or Somali; and were <33 weeks pregnant. A total of 238 women were randomised; 158 women completed the OGTT post partum.

Intervention

The Pregnant+ app and usual care, the control group received usu

SUBMITTER: Borgen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858205 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature