Women with gestational diabetes in Malaysia received a new mobile app and group sessions. These tools offered advice on diet, physical activity, and mental health. They also included dietitian-led group sessions and motivational text messages. The goal was to see if this extra support could help manage their condition better than standard care.
Sixty women agreed to take part in this study out of 294 eligible people. They used the app and attended sessions for six months. Researchers checked if the program was feasible, meaning it was possible to run. Most participants completed the required health checks at each follow-up visit.
Despite the extra effort, the app and support did not change biomedical or mental health outcomes. The study was a feasibility trial, which means it tested if the program could work in this setting. It did not prove the program was effective for preventing diabetes or improving health.
This trial suggests that running a full-scale study is possible. However, the results show that effectiveness is still unclear. More research is needed to see if these tools help women with gestational diabetes in the future.