Process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial aimed at improving health behaviours and vitamin D status during pregnancy: Implementation of the SPRING trial
This process evaluation confirms that the intervention components were delivered with high fidelity and rates of compliance. Altering dietary behaviours proved more challenging than altering physical activity behaviours. Research is needed to explore barriers to healthy eating faced by women during pregnancy and how these can be overcome. This paper also highlights the difficulty of engaging people from ethnic minorities and disadvantaged backgrounds in research.
Authors
- Janis Baird (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4039-4361)
- Mary Barker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2976-0217)
- Kate Hart
- Nicholas C. Harvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-2512)
- Sofia Strömmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7344-1630)
- Christina Vogel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-3786)
- Simone Pröbstl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0599-2486)
- Wendy Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1264-0438)
- Hazel Inskip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-1749)
- Karen McGill
- Julia Hammond
Institutions
- City, University of London (GB)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Zimmer Biomet (Germany) (DE)
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West (GB)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319224
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00