Water Exercise and Quality of Life in Pregnancy: A Randomised Clinical Trial

Autor: Maria Montiel-Troya, María José Aguilar-Cordero, Raquel Rodríguez-Blanque, Ana Marín-Jiménez, Juan Carlos Sánchez-García, María José Menor-Rodríguez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 17; Issue 4; Pages: 1288
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 4, p 1288 (2020)
Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada
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ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17041288
Popis: Background: Physical exercise helps to maintain a healthy lifestyle and its practice is recommended for women during pregnancy as a means of limiting the negative effects on the body that may take place and to optimise well-being, mood and sleep patterns, as well as encouraging daily physical activity, enhancing the ability to work and preventing pregnancy-related complications. Aim: To analyse the quality of life in pregnancy for women who complete a programme of moderate physical activity in water, following a designed method that the woman can perform physical exercise safely during pregnancy called the SWEP (study of water exercise during pregnancy) method. Materials and methods: A randomised clinical trial was performed. One hundred and twenty-nine pregnant women were randomly assigned either to an exercise class following the SWEP method (EG, n = 65) or to a control group (CG, n = 64). The trial began in week 20 of pregnancy (May 2016) and ended in week 37 (October 2016). Heath-related quality of life (HRQoL) was evaluated with the SF36v2 health questionnaire at weeks 12 and 35 of pregnancy. Results: The HRQoL score decreased significantly between weeks 12 and 35 of gestation, except for the mental health component, which in the CG fell by -3.28 points and in the EG increased slightly (p > 0.05). Among the CG, the score for the mental health component at week 35 was
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