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SmartMom: Teaching by Texting to Promote Health Behaviours in Pregnancy

RecruitingNAAges 15 Years - anyFemaleUniversity of British Columbia
NCT05793944 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of SmartMom, a text messaging-based mobile health program for prenatal education. The main questions are to determine if healthy pregnant people receiving SmartMom messages that promote health behaviours in pregnancy versus messages that don't provoke behaviour change have improvement in: 1. knowledge about healthy pregnancy and birth 2. standardized measures of depression, anxiety, and fear of childbirth 3. adoption of positive health behaviours in pregnancy 4. maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes Participants in the intervention group will receive three evidence-based text messages per week, plus optional supplemental messages on topics relevant to them, throughout pregnancy. The control group will receive general interest messages on pregnancy-related topics that are not promoting behaviour change.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * pregnant person * at 15 weeks gestation or earlier * singleton pregnancy * can read and understand English at grade 8 level and comfortable completing online surveys * live in Canada (excluding British Columbia where SmartMom has been piloted) Exclusion Criteria: * health conditions existing prior to pregnancy that require individualized care (e.g. hypertension, cardiac disease, diabetes) * previously had a baby with the SmartMom program
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What it tests

  • SmartMom text messaging
  • Control text messaging
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Where

1 site
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Vancouver, Canada
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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