Baby Steps – a structured group education programme with accompanying mobile web application designed to promote physical activity in women with a history of gestational diabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Baby Steps – a structured group education programme with accompanying mobile web application designed to promote physical activity in women with a history of gestational diabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background A diagnosis of gestational diabetes (GDM) is associated with an over sevenfold increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), while among parous women with T2D, up to 30% have a history of GDM. Lifestyle interventions have been shown to reduce the risk of incident T2D...

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Main Authors: Nithya Sukumar, Helen Dallosso, Ponnusamy Saravanan, Tom Yates, Carol Telling, Karen Shorthose, Alison Northern, Sally Schreder, Christopher Brough, Laura J. Gray, Melanie J. Davies, Kamlesh Khunti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Randomised controlled trial
Gestational diabetes
Self-management
Patient education
Diabetes prevention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-3067-8

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