This study used the Babyscripts mobile app connected to a wireless weight scale and a wireless blood pressure cuff. Patients were instructed to check their weight and blood pressure at least once a week.
They were “highly engaged,” Dr. Ganju said, checking their blood pressure a mean of 1.4 times weekly and their weight almost twice weekly. Providers received “four notifications of abnormal values,” he said.
Dr. Ganju and his colleagues are hopeful that the digital health tool “can really be effective in addressing the issue of excessive weight gain,” he said at the ACOG meeting. They are also beginning a study on remote monitoring for patients with chronic hypertension.
Findings on the effectiveness of remote personalized weight management are also expected to come from the soon-to-be-completed LIFE-Moms study, a national project looking at how overweight and obese women can best manage weight gain in pregnancy and improve their maternal and fetal outcomes.
Dr. Ganju reported having no disclosures. Two coauthors reported a nonfinancial advisory relationship with 1Eq Inc., the mobile app company that developed Babyscripts and helped fund the study. Another author is an employee of 1Eq. Dr. Tobah reported that she had no disclosures.