Feasibility of a lifestyle intervention in early pregnancy to prevent deterioration of glucose tolerance

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Research design and methods

Counselling and follow-up	Lifestyle intervention (n = 27)^a	Close follow-up (n = 27)^a
Lifestyle counselling (nurse)	+	+
OGTT^b (weeks 8-12)	+	+
SGM^c	-	-
Diet reporting^d	3 times	3 times
TFEQ^e	2 times	2 times
Counseling(clinical nutritionist)	6 times	-
Exercise history	+	+
Exercise reporting diaries monthly	6 times	6 times
Exercise counselling (physiotherapist)	6 times, twice in groups	-
OGTT (weeks 26-28)	+	+
GDM^f-counselling (nurse) and SGM	+	+

^a60 women randomized in the beginning: three dropped out (10%) in each group (4 early miscarriages, one twin pregnancy and one woman moved away).
^bOral glucose tolerance test
^cSelf glucose monitoring
^d4-day food records at baseline, at weeks 26-28 and in the end of pregnancy
^eThe three-factor eating questionnaire [16]
^fGestational diabetes mellitus

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