protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06292871, orgStudyIdInfo id: 2023/2712, briefTitle: The Use of Social Media Platform to Continuously Support Pregnant Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, statusModule overallStatus: NOT_YET_RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-03, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2024-06, completionDateStruct date: 2025-05, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-03-05, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-03-05, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: KK Women's and Children's Hospital, class: OTHER_GOV, collaborators name: Singapore Institute of Technology, descriptionModule briefSummary: To assess the efficacy of utilizing a social media platform for dietary and lifestyle management in improving acceptance and blood glucose control in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), compared to the control group under usual care. Specifically,i. To measure the participants' acceptability and satisfaction levels of receiving intervention through the social media platform.ii. To measure the feasibility of using the social media platform to provide GDM support through participants' engagement levels and feedback questionnaire.iii. To measure the efficacy of using the social media platform to manage emotional responses in women with GDM.iv. To measure the efficacy of using the social media platform to optimize glycemic control in women with GDM., conditionsModule conditions: Gestational Diabetes, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: RANDOMIZED, interventionModel: PARALLEL, interventionModelDescription: The study will employ a randomized controlled trial design, with GDM patients from KKH randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Randomization will be conducted via the electronic randomization list., primaryPurpose: PREVENTION, maskingInfo masking: NONE, enrollmentInfo count: 80, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Additional GDM management through social media, interventions name: Usual care, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Acceptance levels, primaryOutcomes measure: Satisfaction levels, secondaryOutcomes measure: Engagement levels, secondaryOutcomes measure: Appropriateness levels, secondaryOutcomes measure: Feasibility levels, secondaryOutcomes measure: Emotional wellbeing, secondaryOutcomes measure: Blood glucose levels, secondaryOutcomes measure: Proportion of participants with optimal blood glucose control, otherOutcomes measure: Confidence levels, otherOutcomes measure: Meal skipping, otherOutcomes measure: Proportion of participants with cigarette smoking, otherOutcomes measure: Proportion of participants with alcohol intake, otherOutcomes measure: Gestational weight gain rate, otherOutcomes measure: Proportion of participants with inappropriate weight gain, otherOutcomes measure: Motivational levels, otherOutcomes measure: Proportion of participants with induced labour, otherOutcomes measure: Proportion of participants with caesarean delivery, otherOutcomes measure: Birth weight, otherOutcomes measure: Birth length, otherOutcomes measure: Head circumference, otherOutcomes measure: Birth size-for-gestational age, otherOutcomes measure: Gestational length at birth, otherOutcomes measure: Proportion of participants with preterm delivery, otherOutcomes measure: Neonatal apgar score, otherOutcomes measure: Proportion of participants delivering healthy live birth, eligibilityModule sex: FEMALE, minimumAge: 21 Years, maximumAge: 45 Years, stdAges: ADULT, contactsLocationsModule, hasResults: False