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A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain
BACKGROUND: In recent years, the influence of physical exercise on pregnancy outcomes has been widely debated. Despite the numerous studies addressing the relationship between maternal physical activity and pregnancy outcomes, the evidence for consistent and significant impact of regular exercise du...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943001/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27411389 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3130-x |
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author | Poyatos-León, Raquel Sanabria-Martínez, Gema García-Prieto, Jorge Cañete Álvarez-Bueno, Celia Pozuelo-Carrascosa, Diana P. Cavero-Redondo, Iván García-Hermoso, Antonio Gómez-Cantarino, Sagrario Garrido-Miguel, Miriam Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente |
author_facet | Poyatos-León, Raquel Sanabria-Martínez, Gema García-Prieto, Jorge Cañete Álvarez-Bueno, Celia Pozuelo-Carrascosa, Diana P. Cavero-Redondo, Iván García-Hermoso, Antonio Gómez-Cantarino, Sagrario Garrido-Miguel, Miriam Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente |
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description | BACKGROUND: In recent years, the influence of physical exercise on pregnancy outcomes has been widely debated. Despite the numerous studies addressing the relationship between maternal physical activity and pregnancy outcomes, the evidence for consistent and significant impact of regular exercise during pregnancy on fetal growth remains lacking. The aims of this study were, first, to assess the level of physical activity performed throughout the pregnancy by objective (accelerometer) and self-reported (questionnaire) measurements, and, second, to ascertain pre-pregnancy physical activity levels, to estimate the relationship between levels of physical activity and some pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. METHODS/DESIGN: This was a prospective cohort study. Participants were pregnant women (n = 194) aged 18 to 40 years who attended for three quarterly appointments for pregnancy ultrasound scans at the Virgen de la Luz Hospital in Cuenca, Spain. All participants provided written informed consents to participate in the study. Physical activity during the pregnancy follow-up was assessed by a self-reported Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire and sleep log; also objectively by a GT3X accelerometer (ActiGraph). Furthermore, pregnancy symptoms inventory, nutritional behavioural assessment, socio-demographic characteristics, and anthropometry and body composition were measured. At the end of the follow up, the following main outcomes were determined: pregnancy outcomes (incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, weight gain during pregnancy, type of delivery, and neonatal outcomes (gestational age, birth weight, gender, Apgar score 1 min/5 min, type of resuscitation (I/II/III/IV), and pH of umbilical cord blood). Descriptive statistics for cross-sectional data, linear mixed regression models for absolute differences in changes baseline-final measurements were used as statistical analyses. DISCUSSION: Although the effectiveness of physical activity programmes on improving maternal and neonatal outcomes has heretofore been studied, the impact of free time physical activity during pregnancy has not been assessed using objective measures. This paper reports the design of a prospective cohort study that aims to assess the physical activity levels of pregnant women, and to estimate the relationship between those physical activity levels with maternal and neonatal outcomes. This study could contribute to providing evidence for the formulation of recommendations for physical activity for pregnant women. |
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spelling | pubmed-49430012016-07-14 A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain Poyatos-León, Raquel Sanabria-Martínez, Gema García-Prieto, Jorge Cañete Álvarez-Bueno, Celia Pozuelo-Carrascosa, Diana P. Cavero-Redondo, Iván García-Hermoso, Antonio Gómez-Cantarino, Sagrario Garrido-Miguel, Miriam Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente BMC Public Health Study Protocol BACKGROUND: In recent years, the influence of physical exercise on pregnancy outcomes has been widely debated. Despite the numerous studies addressing the relationship between maternal physical activity and pregnancy outcomes, the evidence for consistent and significant impact of regular exercise during pregnancy on fetal growth remains lacking. The aims of this study were, first, to assess the level of physical activity performed throughout the pregnancy by objective (accelerometer) and self-reported (questionnaire) measurements, and, second, to ascertain pre-pregnancy physical activity levels, to estimate the relationship between levels of physical activity and some pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. METHODS/DESIGN: This was a prospective cohort study. Participants were pregnant women (n = 194) aged 18 to 40 years who attended for three quarterly appointments for pregnancy ultrasound scans at the Virgen de la Luz Hospital in Cuenca, Spain. All participants provided written informed consents to participate in the study. Physical activity during the pregnancy follow-up was assessed by a self-reported Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire and sleep log; also objectively by a GT3X accelerometer (ActiGraph). Furthermore, pregnancy symptoms inventory, nutritional behavioural assessment, socio-demographic characteristics, and anthropometry and body composition were measured. At the end of the follow up, the following main outcomes were determined: pregnancy outcomes (incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, weight gain during pregnancy, type of delivery, and neonatal outcomes (gestational age, birth weight, gender, Apgar score 1 min/5 min, type of resuscitation (I/II/III/IV), and pH of umbilical cord blood). Descriptive statistics for cross-sectional data, linear mixed regression models for absolute differences in changes baseline-final measurements were used as statistical analyses. DISCUSSION: Although the effectiveness of physical activity programmes on improving maternal and neonatal outcomes has heretofore been studied, the impact of free time physical activity during pregnancy has not been assessed using objective measures. This paper reports the design of a prospective cohort study that aims to assess the physical activity levels of pregnant women, and to estimate the relationship between those physical activity levels with maternal and neonatal outcomes. This study could contribute to providing evidence for the formulation of recommendations for physical activity for pregnant women. BioMed Central 2016-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4943001/ /pubmed/27411389 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3130-x Text en © Poyatos-León et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Study Protocol Poyatos-León, Raquel Sanabria-Martínez, Gema García-Prieto, Jorge Cañete Álvarez-Bueno, Celia Pozuelo-Carrascosa, Diana P. Cavero-Redondo, Iván García-Hermoso, Antonio Gómez-Cantarino, Sagrario Garrido-Miguel, Miriam Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain |
title | A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain |
title_full | A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain |
title_fullStr | A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain |
title_full_unstemmed | A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain |
title_short | A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain |
title_sort | follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of cuenca, spain |
topic | Study Protocol |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943001/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27411389 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3130-x |
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