Adherence rates to the protocol out of included 75 participants.
| Adherence rates to the protocol | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight measures and gestational weight gain | |||
| Weighed themselves at least once | 60 [80.0%] | ||
| Weighed themselves at least twice (GWG calculated) | 56 [74.7%] | ||
| Last measure was recorded at least at 37 weeks of gestation | 34 [45.3%] | ||
| Lifestyle measures | |||
| GLTE | Fitbit tracker | Food logs | |
| At least one measure | 69 [92.0%] | 35 [46.7%] | 25 [33.3%] |
| Early-pregnancy | 56 [74.7%] | 22 [29.3%] | 13 [17.3%] |
| Mid-pregnancy | 56 [74.7%] | 20 [26.7%] | 18 [24.0%] |
| Late-pregnancy | 46 [61.3%] | 17 [22.7%] | 15 [20.0%] |
| Both early and late | 42 [56.0%] | 17 [22.7%] | 10 [13.3%] |
Values are presented as n [%]. GLTE: Godin Leisure Time Exercise questionnaire.
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We want to thank Kevin Semeniuk for his contribution in the study as the research coordinator and for the management of technical aspects of the study. We also wish to thank all study participants who volunteered to participate in our study. This study is part of C. Richer dit Laflèche’s Master’s dissertation which is publicly available in French [66].
CRdL: Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft. SCS: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Investigation, Writing—review & editing. LMR: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing—review & editing. GXS: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing—review & editing. JPB: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. KBA: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
The SmartMoms Canada study was approved by the REB of the University of Ottawa REB H-09-19-4795 and the REB of the University of Manitoba REB HS23407-H2019:448.
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
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The raw data supporting the conclusions of this manuscript will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher.
The study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Project Grant Program, [PJT-178360/2021]) and by the Public Health Agency of Canada (2015 Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Program, [1516-HQ-00057]). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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