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The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial
BACKGROUND: Exercising during pregnancy has various benefits for the mother and the fetus, but there are controversial results about its effect on labor and delivery. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and deliv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8395880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485574 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1437_20 |
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author | Shojaei, Behnaz Loripoor, Marzeyeh Sheikhfathollahi, Mahmoud Aminzadeh, Fariba |
author_facet | Shojaei, Behnaz Loripoor, Marzeyeh Sheikhfathollahi, Mahmoud Aminzadeh, Fariba |
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description | BACKGROUND: Exercising during pregnancy has various benefits for the mother and the fetus, but there are controversial results about its effect on labor and delivery. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present randomized clinical trial was conducted on 102 pregnant women who were referred to the comprehensive health service centers of Rafsanjan and were selected using convenient sampling method and randomly were allocated into two groups from August 2018 to February 2019. The intervention group performed walking from the 34(th) week of pregnancy until the time of delivery 4 times per week, each time for 40 min. The control group just received the routine prenatal care. Information about the outcomes of delivery were gathered from the participants’ medical files in the hospital and were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and Chi-square and independent t-tests. RESULTS: The results indicated that the Bishop score of the intervention group was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.05). Furthermore, regarding the duration of the third phase of delivery, spontaneous labor, induced labor, cesarean section , and instrumental delivery, a statistically significant difference was observed between the intervention and the control groups (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between both the groups regarding the duration of the first and the second stages of delivery and Apgar score at 1(st) and 5(th) min (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Walking during late pregnancy could improve Bishop score, increase spontaneous onset of labor, and decrease induction, cesarean, and instrumental delivery without having any adverse effect on the neonate's Apgar score. |
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spelling | pubmed-83958802021-09-03 The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial Shojaei, Behnaz Loripoor, Marzeyeh Sheikhfathollahi, Mahmoud Aminzadeh, Fariba J Educ Health Promot Original Article BACKGROUND: Exercising during pregnancy has various benefits for the mother and the fetus, but there are controversial results about its effect on labor and delivery. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present randomized clinical trial was conducted on 102 pregnant women who were referred to the comprehensive health service centers of Rafsanjan and were selected using convenient sampling method and randomly were allocated into two groups from August 2018 to February 2019. The intervention group performed walking from the 34(th) week of pregnancy until the time of delivery 4 times per week, each time for 40 min. The control group just received the routine prenatal care. Information about the outcomes of delivery were gathered from the participants’ medical files in the hospital and were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and Chi-square and independent t-tests. RESULTS: The results indicated that the Bishop score of the intervention group was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.05). Furthermore, regarding the duration of the third phase of delivery, spontaneous labor, induced labor, cesarean section , and instrumental delivery, a statistically significant difference was observed between the intervention and the control groups (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between both the groups regarding the duration of the first and the second stages of delivery and Apgar score at 1(st) and 5(th) min (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Walking during late pregnancy could improve Bishop score, increase spontaneous onset of labor, and decrease induction, cesarean, and instrumental delivery without having any adverse effect on the neonate's Apgar score. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8395880/ /pubmed/34485574 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1437_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Education and Health Promotion https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Shojaei, Behnaz Loripoor, Marzeyeh Sheikhfathollahi, Mahmoud Aminzadeh, Fariba The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial |
title | The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial |
title_full | The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial |
title_fullStr | The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial |
title_full_unstemmed | The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial |
title_short | The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial |
title_sort | effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: a randomized clinical trial |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8395880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485574 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1437_20 |
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