Health Behaviors in Pregnancy

To assess health and lifestyle behavior of pregnant women in Baton Rouge including women receiving traditional obstetrical prenatal care and delivering in a hospital and those receiving prenatal care from a midwife and delivering at the birth center.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pregnancy Related; Lifestyle; Prenatal Care Late
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet

Detailed Description

It is of scientific interest to learn what the health and lifestyle behaviors are for women receiving prenatal care in a non-traditional birth center and the impact of these behaviors on pregnancy and birth outcomes.Participants will be offered a questionnaire packet to complete at a prenatal appointment in the third trimester of pregnancy by their obstetrical prenatal care provider. The questionnaire packet will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 143

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Louisiana
    • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808
      • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy ≥ 28 weeks GA will be offered the opportunity to participate in this study at the time of a prenatal appointment ≥ 28 weeks GA

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy ≥ 28 weeks GA

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Ecologic or Community
• Time Perspectives: Retrospective

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Traditional Obstetrical Prenatal Care; Pregnant women receiving traditional obstetrical prenatal care and delivering in a hospital will be offered the Health Behavior questionnaire packet at third trimester prenatal appointment	Other: Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet; Any pregnant woman offered the questionnaire at her prenatal appointment in the third trimester can complete
Prenatal Care from Midwife; Pregnant women receiving prenatal care from a midwife and delivering at the birth center will be offered the Health Behavior questionnaire packet at third trimester prenatal appointment	Other: Health Behavior Questionnaire Packet; Any pregnant woman offered the questionnaire at her prenatal appointment in the third trimester can complete

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Eating Habits	Eating Habits assessed by Eating Habits Questionnaire	1 Day
Eating Habits	Eating Habits assessed by Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants-Shortened Version	1 Day
Mindful Eating	Mindful Eating assessed by Mindful Eating Questionnaire	1 Day
Physical Activity	Physical Activity assessed by Nurses Health Study II Physical Activity Questionnaire	1 Day
Frequency of Weighing	Frequency of Weighing by Frequency of Weighing Questionnaire	1 Day
Sedentary Behavior	Sedentary Behavior by Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire	1 Day
Functional health and well-being	Quality of life measure that assesses functional health and well-being from the participant's point of view by 12 Item Short Form Health Survey by RAND	1 Day
Sleep Habits	Sleep Habits by Sleep Questionnaire	1 Day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Leanne M Redman, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 11, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 23, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): October 23, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 31, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 2, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): August 8, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 6, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 3, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: PBRC 2017-036

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No