Antenatal weight management: women’s experiences, behaviours, and expectations of weighing in early pregnancy
Autor: | Simon C. Langley-Evans, Preeti H. Jethwa, Amanda Avery, Moira A. Taylor, Joanne Pearce, Sarah McMullen, Judy A. Swift, Sarah Ellis |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Counseling medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent Article Subject Prenatal care Overweight Midwifery lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Patient Education as Topic Pregnancy Surveys and Questionnaires Weight management medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Obesity Young adult Exercise lcsh:RG1-991 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Obstetrics business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Prenatal Care Middle Aged medicine.disease United Kingdom Diet Pregnancy Complications Pregnancy Trimester First Family medicine Pregnancy Trimester Second Gestation Observational study Female medicine.symptom business Weight gain Research Article |
Zdroj: | Journal of Pregnancy Journal of Pregnancy, Vol 2016 (2016) |
ISSN: | 2090-2727 2090-2735 |
Popis: | The current emphasis on obstetric risk management helps to frame gestational weight gain as problematic and encourages intervention by healthcare professionals. However pregnant women have reported confusion, distrust, and negative effects associated with antenatal weight management interactions. The MAGIC study (MAnaging weiGht In pregnanCy) sought to examine women’s self-reported experiences of usual-care antenatal weight management in early pregnancy and consider these alongside weight monitoring behaviours and future expectations. 193 women (18 yrs+) were recruited from routine antenatal clinics at the Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust. Self-reported gestation was 10–27 weeks, with 41.5% (n=80) between 12 and 14 and 43.0% (n=83) between 20 and 22 weeks. At recruitment 50.3% of participants (n=97) could be classified as overweight or obese. 69.4% of highest weight women (≥30 kg/m2) did not report receiving advice about weight, although they were significantly more likely compared to women with BMI < 30 kg/m2. The majority of women (regardless of BMI) did not express any barriers to being weighed and 40.8% reported weighing themselves at home. Women across the BMI categories expressed a desire for more engagement from healthcare professionals on the issue of bodyweight. Women are clearly not being served appropriately in the current situation which simultaneously problematizes and fails to offer constructive dialogue. |
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