Transitioning to a computer-based intervention for women with gestational diabetes mellitus

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  • February 26, 2019
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  • Murray, Jessica
    • Affiliation: School of Nursing
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  • Health promotion remains important for all individuals, especially for those at risk for developing chronic disease. Many women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus while in their second trimester of pregnancy, and this puts them at risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus later in on in life. Optimizing Outcomes in Women with Gestational Diabetes and their Infants is a randomized controlled two group repeated measures design that offers a nutrition and exercise education and coping skills training intervention to help women to improve eating and exercise behaviors and lose weight postpartum. The ultimate goal for this study is to reduce the risk of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus from developing type 2 diabetes mellitus later in life. Although enrollment was successful, it was difficult and took slightly longer than projected. In addition, many women returned to work 6 weeks postpartum due to financial necessity. Therefore, a new way to deliver the intervention was needed for future studies. A review was conducted examining other forms of intervention delivery and a decision was made by the research team to make the following changes. An online interactive educational program was designed to guide future participants through information on general health, nutrition and exercise education and coping skills training, and an at-home tabletop easel was created with the same information for home use. The tabletop easel was designed to allow mothers to teach their families about the importance of exercise and nutrition. These two changes will be tested in future studies.
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  • Berry, Diane
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  • Bachelor of Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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