Could health videos help moms with gestational diabetes and depression?
NCT ID NCT05800509
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 600 pregnant women with gestational diabetes to see how depression and diabetes affect each other during pregnancy and after birth. Some participants will receive short health education videos about diet, exercise, and support. The goal is to understand the connection and see if simple education can improve outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- health education videos
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simple health education videos help improve mental health and diabetes management in pregnant women.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with a small educational component, not a treatment trial. Results may not apply to all populations or lead to clear medical changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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20 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 1\. The diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus. * 2\. No any history of disease\* before the pregnancy or do have history of disease\* without taking any medicines. (\*disease, eg. hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism...etc.) * 3\. No recurrent pregnancy loss and stable condition in the first trimester of pregnancy. * 4\. Using smart phone. * 5\. Being willing to participate in this study. Exclusion Criteria: \- 1. No diagnosis of diabetes mellitus before pregnancy.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Taiwan University Hospital
RECRUITINGTaipei, 100, Taiwan
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