| Trial name or title |
Dietary and lifestyle advice for women with borderline gestational glucose intolerance. |
| Methods |
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| Participants |
All pregnant women between 24 weeks and 0 day and 29 weeks and 6 days gestation with a singleton pregnancy, attending antenatal clinics at the collaborating hospitals, with a positive OGCT (plasma glucose greater than or equal to 7.8mmol/L) and a normal OGTT (fasting venous plasma glucose less than 5.5 mmol/L and a 2‐hour glucose less than 7.8 mmol/L), who give written, informed consent. There is no age limit criteria for this trial. There is no minimum age limit for the mother. |
| Interventions |
Individualised advice regarding their diet from a qualified dietician, based on published recommendations of the Dieticians Association of Australia, that are culturally appropriate and meet the nutritional requirements of pregnancy. Moderate exercise is recognised as an adjunct to dietary advice compared with routine pregnancy care. |
| Outcomes |
1. Risk of infant morbidity (measured by serious perinatal complications, number of large for gestational age infants, neonatal jaundice requiring phototherapy and neonatal hypoglycaemia requiring treatment); measured once, at time of primary hospital discharge or death prior to discharge.
2. Risk of maternal physical morbidity (measured by need for induction of labour, need for caesarean section and pre‐eclampsia); measured up to primary hospital discharge.
3. Maternal psychological outcomes and health status (as measured by anxiety, depression and health related quality of life). |
| Starting date |
Not yet recruiting. |
| Contact information |
caroline.crowther@adelaide.edu.au |
| Notes |
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