{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11"],"submitter":["Saville NM"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Counseling, together with iron and folic acid supplements, can improve hemoglobin levels in pregnant women, but few interventions have tested a virtual method of delivering counseling. We hypothesized that a virtual counseling intervention delivered via a mobile device (mHealth) would prevent and treat anemia, compared with routine antenatal care (ANC).<h4>Methods</h4>Virtual antenatal intervention for improved diet and iron intake (VALID) was a non-blinded parallel group two-arm, individually randomized superiority trial (1:1 allocation). Participants were pregnant women who were married, aged 13-49 years, able to answer questions, 12-28 weeks' gestation and living in Kapilvastu district, Nepal. Women were randomized to receive routine ANC (control arm), or ANC plus a"],"journal":["Frontiers in nutrition"],"pagination":["1464967"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11580260"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Impact of a virtual antenatal intervention for improved diet and iron intake in Kapilvastu district, Nepal - the VALID randomized controlled trial."],"pmcid":["PMC11580260"],"pubmed_authors":["Sapkota S","Hillman SL","Haghparast-Bidgoli H","Harris-Fry H","Arjyal A","Bhattarai S","Baral SC","Giri S","Morrison J","Piya R","Copas A","Saville NM","Bhattarai B","Yadav S","Thapaliya B"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Impact of a virtual antenatal intervention for improved diet and iron intake in Kapilvastu district, Nepal - the VALID randomized controlled trial.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Counseling, together with iron and folic acid supplements, can improve hemoglobin levels in pregnant women, but few interventions have tested a virtual method of delivering counseling. We hypothesized that a virtual counseling intervention delivered via a mobile device (mHealth) would prevent and treat anemia, compared with routine antenatal care (ANC).<h4>Methods</h4>Virtual antenatal intervention for improved diet and iron intake (VALID) was a non-blinded parallel group two-arm, individually randomized superiority trial (1:1 allocation). Participants were pregnant women who were married, aged 13-49 years, able to answer questions, 12-28 weeks' gestation and living in Kapilvastu district, Nepal. Women were randomized to receive routine ANC (control arm), or ANC plus a","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024","modification":"2025-04-22T02:47:07.494Z","creation":"2025-04-05T20:29:38.816Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11580260","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39574522"],"doi":["10.3389/fnut.2024.1464967"]}}