The effect of exercise on level of general health of pregnant women
Advances in Nursing & Midwifery,
Vol. 22 No. 77 (2013),
25 April 2013
,
Page 10-16
Abstract
Abstract
Background and aim:
Prenatal care is one of the most confident and basic services to protect fetomaternalhealth. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of physical exercise on level of general
health of pregnant women.
Materials and Methods:
This was a quasi-experimental clinical trial study. The research samplesincluded 60 primigravid women referred to the prenatal-care clinic of Baghiatallah hospital in
Tehran. The participants were randomly divided to two experimental and control groups. The
experimental group was trained for 1.5-2 hours in groups with 3 to 4 members and then they began
to practice. No training was performed for control group. Level of general health of two groups was
investigated by general health questionnaire (GHQ-28), before and 8 weeks after the intervention.
Data were analyzed by analytic and descriptive statistical testes.
Findings:
Sixty primigravid women with average age of 26/77 years and average gestational age of8/13 weeks participated in the study. The education level of majority of participants was highschool
diploma and they have no history of exercise during pregnancy. Before intervention, the total scores
for GHQ were 38/06 and 29/46 in experimental and control groups, respectively. After intervention,
the total scores were 19/2 and 27/5 in experimental and control groups, respectively. T test showed a
significant difference between two groups his before and after the intervention (p<0/05). The mean
scores for all dimension of general health showed significant difference between two groups of
study (p<0/05).
Conclusion:
Results showed the positive effects of physical exercises on physical and psychosocialdimension of general health of pregnant women.
Keywords:
Pregnant women, Physical exercise, General healthCorresponding Author:
Azam Sadeghi, Master of Science in Nursing, Akhtar Hospital, ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,Iran
Email:
a.sadeghi29151@yahoo.
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