Trial reportBMC women's health2022
Examination of influence of social media education through mobile phones on the change in physical activity and sedentary behavior in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial.
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- Effectiveness of Digital Tools on Lifestyle & Health-Related Outcomes Across the Full Continuum of the Maternal Journey: A Systematic Review.Current obesity reports · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of mHealth interventions on maternal, newborn, and child health from conception to 24 months postpartum in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to increase self-reported physical activity during pregnancy: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Smartphone-based educational and counseling interventions for women with high body mass index at Urmia's health centers.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- Effects of Two Physical Activity Interventions on Sleep and Sedentary Time in Pregnant Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Digital intervention targeting nutrition and physical activity behaviours among healthy individuals in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Swedish version of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ-SWE), translation and cultural adaptation.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Effect of extended parallel process model training on enhancing physical activity of overweight pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Effective management of sedentary behavior among Indian university students: An empirical exploration into health-related behavior.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Physical activity during pregnancy: a systematic review for the assessment of current evidence with future recommendations.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundNowadays because of some necessities and demands for virtual and remote education, a new model of health approach through mobile-phones is widely used to deal with improving physical activity and its beneficial effect on pregnancy. There are a small number of studies for showing this importance and the efficacy of such methods, so this study was aimed to determine the influence of social networking through mobile phones on changing the physical activity behavior in pregnant women.
methodsThis randomized controlled trial was conducted with parallel groups on 90 pregnant women referring to Urmia health centers in 2018-2019. The participants from various social and economic backgrounds were included. The participants were randomly assigned to a control and a treatment group. Demographic and Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) questionnaires were filled. In addition to routine cares, the treatment group received educational intervention through social network within 16 training sessions related to physical activity and nutrition in 8 weeks.
resultsThe mean weight in both control and treatment groups changed significantly during the study, but in different trends (P < 0.001, Mean Difference (MD) = 4.43). At the beginning of the study, control and treatment groups were not different in terms of daily physical activity level (P = 0.17, MD = 0.62), meanwhile, there was a statistically significant difference at the end of intervention in the level of daily physical activity (P < 0.001, MD = 0.69). Comparison of both groups, based on different categories of activity level at the end of the treatment, showed a non-significant difference in sedentary activities (P = 0.89, MD = 0.46), but the intervention led to a significant difference based on the other level of activities; light (P < 0.001, MD = 51.94), moderate (P < 0.001, MD = 46.87), and sever (P = 0.05, MD = 1.07).
conclusionEducational intervention based on social networks through mobile phones had an effective role in behavior change in physical activity during pregnancy.
trial registrationIRCT20151004024340N15, Registration date05/06/2020.
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