biostudies-literatureUnknown11Saville NM<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 aFrontiers in nutrition1464967https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11580260biostudies-literatureImpact of a virtual antenatal intervention for improved diet and iron intake in Kapilvastu district, Nepal - the VALID randomized controlled trial.PMC11580260Sapkota SHillman SLHaghparast-Bidgoli HHarris-Fry HArjyal ABhattarai SBaral SCGiri SMorrison JPiya RCopas ASaville NMBhattarai BYadav SThapaliya BfalseImpact of a virtual antenatal intervention for improved diet and iron intake in Kapilvastu district, Nepal - the VALID randomized controlled trial.<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 a2024-01-01T00:00:00Z20242025-04-22T02:47:07.494Z2025-04-05T20:29:38.816ZS-EPMC115802603957452210.3389/fnut.2024.1464967