PMID- 22730940 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120731 LR - 20220408 IS - 1036-1073 (Print) IS - 1036-1073 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Apr TI - lmplementing lifestyle change through phone-based motivational interviewing in rural-based women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus. PG - 5-9 AB - ISSUE ADDRESSED: Substantial numbers of women with past gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In northern New South Wales 23% of women attending diabetes services between 2007 and 2010 with T2DM previously had GDM. This study investigated whether phone-based lifestyle education using motivational interviewing resulted in positive lifestyle change post GDM for women in a large rural area. METHOD: Thirty-eight women were recruited to this pilot study following GDM diagnosis and randomly allocated to either the control or intervention group. Following baseline assessment, the intervention group received a 6-month phone-based motivational interviewing program, and access to usual care. The control group received usual care only. Measures were collected at baseline (6 weeks postnatal), and at 6 months follow-up. Outcome measures included body mass index, diet, and physical activity. RESULTS: At follow-up, the intervention group compared to the control group significantly reduced total fat intake by -19 g/d (95%CI: -37 to -1), total carbohydrate intake by -42 g/d (95%CI: -82 to -1), and glycaemic load by -26 units (95%CI: -48 to -4). These women also increased leisure physical activity compared to the control group by 11 min/d (95%CI: 1 to 22); no significant change in total physical activity levels occurred. At follow-up, body mass index in the intervention group improved by -1.5 kg/m2 (95%CI: -2.8 to -0.1) compared to the control group. CONCLUSION: The intervention group showed positive trends across lifestyle variables compared to the control group. Further large-scale research on the effectiveness of phone-based lifestyle counselling following GDM is warranted. FAU - Reinhardt, Judith A AU - Reinhardt JA AD - Northern NSW Local Health District, Lismore. judy.reinhardt@cahs.health.nsw.gov.au FAU - van der Ploeg, Hidde P AU - van der Ploeg HP FAU - Grzegrzulka, Richard AU - Grzegrzulka R FAU - Timperley, Jennifer G AU - Timperley JG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Australia TA - Health Promot J Austr JT - Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals JID - 9710936 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Lipids) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Blood Glucose MH - Counseling MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*prevention & control MH - Diabetes, Gestational/epidemiology/*therapy MH - Diet MH - Exercise MH - Female MH - Health Behavior MH - Health Promotion/methods MH - Humans MH - Interviews as Topic MH - *Life Style MH - Lipids/blood MH - *Motivation MH - Patient Education as Topic/methods MH - Pilot Projects MH - Pregnancy MH - *Rural Population MH - *Telephone EDAT- 2012/06/27 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/01 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/27 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/01 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1071/he12005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Health Promot J Austr. 2012 Apr;23(1):5-9. doi: 10.1071/he12005.