Advances in Nursing & Midwifery

Abstract

Abstract

Background and aim:

health. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of physical exercise on level of general

health of pregnant women.

Materials and Methods:

included 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:

8/13 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:

dimension of general health of pregnant women.

Keywords:

Corresponding Author:

Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,Iran

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