Psychosocial Stress, Sedentary Behavior, and Physical Activity during Pregnancy among Canadian Women: Relationships in a Diverse Cohort and a Nationwide Sample
Autor: | Paquito Bernard, Cathy Vaillancourt, Sonia Gagnon, Guillaume Elgbeili, Isabelle Sinclair, Myriane St-Pierre, Kelsey N. Dancause |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Gerontology Canada Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Health Behavior Psychological intervention physical activity Transportation Motor Activity Article Cohort Studies Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences sedentarity stress 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Generalizability theory 030212 general & internal medicine Risk factor Exercise business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health distress 030229 sport sciences Middle Aged maternal and child health Health Surveys Mental health Distress Community health Cohort Female Self Report Sedentary Behavior Energy Metabolism business Psychosocial Stress Psychological mental health |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 24 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16245150 |
Popis: | Background: Past research shows that psychosocial stress and distress predict sedentary behavior and physical activity, but few studies focus on pregnant women. Our objective was to analyze relationships between psychosocial stress and distress with sedentary behavior and physical activity among pregnant women in Canada. Methods: We analyzed objectively-measured sedentary behavior and physical activity at 16&ndash 18, 24&ndash 26, and 32&ndash 24 weeks pregnancy in a sociodemographically diverse cohort of 70 women in Montreal, Canada. Participants completed the Perceived Stress Questionnaire and wore an accelerometer for 3 days that quantified sitting time and steps per day. We used univariate general linear models to analyze relationships between perceived stress with sedentary behavior and physical activity at each evaluation. To assess generalizability, we analyzed relationships between psychological distress with self-reported leisure-time sedentary behavior and daily energy expenditure in transportation and leisure physical activities among a sample representative of 166,095 women in the Canadian Community Health Survey. Results: In the Montreal cohort, we observed a positive association between perceived stress and sitting time, with small to moderate effect sizes (partial &eta 2 = 0.08&ndash 0.16). We observed negative relationships between perceived stress and steps per day at the first two evaluations only, with small to moderate effect sizes (partial &eta 0.11). Relationships for sedentary behavior were similar in the nationwide sample, but with smaller effect sizes (partial &eta 2 = 0.02). There were no relationships between distress and physical activity in the nationwide sample. Conclusion: Psychosocial stress represents one risk factor for sedentarity, with relationships evident throughout pregnancy and at the population level. Relationships with physical activity are less consistent, but stress might represent a risk factor for low physical activity in early to mid-pregnancy. Results might guide the development of more comprehensive interventions targeting stress, sedentarity, and physical activity. In particular, integrating psychosocial health into interventions to reduce sedentarity, and including concrete guidelines on sedentary behavior in psychosocial health interventions, might be prioritized. |
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