Developing a complex intervention for diet and activity behaviour change in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT trial): assessment of behavioural change and process evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial

Lucilla Poston, Annette L Briley, Suzanne Barr, Ruth Bell, Helen Croker, Kirstie Coxon, Holly N Essex, Claire Hunt, Louise Hayes, Louise M Howard, Nina Khazaezadeh, Tarja Kinnunen, Scott M Nelson, Eugene Oteng-Ntim, Stephen C Robson, Naveed Sattar, Paul T Seed, Jane Wardle, Thomas Ab Sanders, Jane Sandall

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Abstract

Complex interventions in obese pregnant women should be theoretically based, feasible and shown to demonstrate anticipated behavioural change prior to inception of large randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The aim was to determine if a) a complex intervention in obese pregnant women leads to anticipated changes in diet and physical activity behaviours, and b) to refine the intervention protocol through process evaluation of intervention fidelity.
Original languageEnglish
Article number148
Pages (from-to)1-16
JournalBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2013

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