Trial reportBMC medical research methodology2014
Validation of self-reported weights and heights in the avoiding diabetes after pregnancy trial (ADAPT).
Trial report in BMC medical research methodology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01923350 (Increasing Adoption of Early Intervention to Prevent Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes Mellitus), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Increasing Adoption of Early Intervention to Prevent Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diabetes after pregnancy prevention trials: Systematic review for core outcome set development.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Pooled it
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- Validation of remote anthropometric measurements in a rural randomized pediatric clinical trial in primary care settings.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Validation of remote height and weight assessment in a rural randomized clinical trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2022Trial
- The correlation between blood-lipid ratio in the first trimester and large-for-gestational-age infants.Lipids in health and disease · 2023Article
- Physical Activity Impacts of an Activity-Friendly Community: A Natural Experiment Study Protocol.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of an Integrated Engagement Support System to Facilitate Patient Use of Digital Diabetes Prevention Programs: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Childhood obesity intervention studies: A narrative review and guide for investigators, authors, editors, reviewers, journalists, and readers to guard against exaggerated effectiveness claims.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Review
- Concordance between self-reported pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and BMI measured at the first prenatal study contact.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- Associations of maternal material hardships during childhood and adulthood with prepregnancy weight, gestational weight gain, and postpartum weight retention.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundRandomized controlled trials that test the effectiveness of mobile health-based weight loss programs are attractive to participants, funders, and researchers because of the low implementation cost, minimal participant burden, and the ability to recruit participants from longer distances. Collecting weight data from geographically dispersed participants is a challenge. Relying on participant self-report is one approach to data collection, but epidemiologic studies indicate that self-reported anthropometric data may be inaccurate.
methodsWe provided women enrolled in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of postpartum weight loss after gestational diabetes with a digital scale and training to collect and report weight via a web-based survey. To validate self-reported weights and heights, we visited 30 randomly selected women in their homes, with a reference scale and stadiometer, a mean of 34 days after the self-report. We ran linear regression models to identify characteristics that were associated with underreporting or overreporting of anthropometric measures.
resultsOf the 30 women we visited, 11 women (37%) were assigned to the weight loss intervention group and 19 women (63%) were in the control group. Mean age was 38.5 years (SD 4.5). The overall mean difference between participants' self-reported weights and the weights obtained at their home visit was 0.70 kg (+1.92). Women assigned to the intervention group underreported their weight in comparison with the control group by 1.29 kg (95% CI -2.52, -0.06). The overall difference in collected to self-reported height was -0.56 cm (±1.91). No characteristics were associated with underreporting or overreporting of height.
conclusionsOur research suggests that by providing a digital scale and developing a weight collection protocol, researchers can train women to collect and record their own study weights with reasonable validity. To achieve the level of validity required for clinical trials, researchers should consider additional strategies to assure the validity of the data.
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