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Impact of perinatal environmental health education intervention on exposure to endocrine disruptors during pregnancy—PREVED study: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Authors :
Houria E. L. Ouazzani
Steeve Rouillon
Nicolas Venisse
Lynda Sifer-Rivière
Antoine Dupuis
Guillaume Cambien
Sarah Ayraud-Thevenot
Anne-Sophie Gourgues
Pascale Pierre-Eugène
Fabrice Pierre
Sylvie Rabouan
DisProSE Group
Virginie Migeot
Marion Albouy-Llaty
Source :
Trials, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
BMC, 2021.

Abstract

Abstract Background The suspected or actual effects on health of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) and their ubiquitous presence in everyday life justify the implementation of health promotion interventions. These interventions should ideally be applied during critical windows like pregnancy. Perinatal environmental health education interventions may help to reduce EDC exposure during pregnancy. Methods/design PREVED (Pregnancy, PreVention, Endocrine Disruptors) is an open-label randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of environmental health education intervention on EDC exposure during pregnancy. Inclusion, consent, and randomization take place during the first trimester. The participants are randomly allocated into three groups: (i) control group (information leaflet on EDCs), (ii) intervention group in neutral location (information leaflet and workshops in a meeting room), and (iii) intervention group in contextualized location (information leaflet and workshops in a real apartment). Workshops are organized between the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Main outcome is the percentage of participants who reported consuming manufactured/industrial food. Secondary outcomes are as follows: (i) psycho-social dimensions, (ii) EDC concentrations in urine, (iii) EDC concentration in colostrum, and (iv) percentage of participants who reported consuming paraben-free personal care products. Discussion PREVED is a ground-breaking intervention research project dedicated to perinatal environmental health education that aims to identify pollutant sources in daily life and to offer accessible and realistic alternative solutions, by promoting the sharing of know-how and experience in a positive and non-alarmist approach. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT03233984 (current status: ongoing). Retrospectively registered on 31 July 2017 ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03233984 ) because when the first participant was enrolled in this non-drug intervention, ClinicalTrials.gov was centered in therapeutic trials. The World Health Organization Trial Registration Data Set is in Additional file 1.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17456215
Volume :
22
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Trials
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3199c17a346a4e2d8148c7eb9075931c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05813-5