RT Journal Article
T1 Water Exercise and Quality of Life in Pregnancy: A Randomised Clinical Trial.
A1 Rodríguez-Blanque, Raquel
A1 Aguilar-Cordero, María José
A1 Marín-Jiménez, Ana Eugenia
A1 Menor-Rodríguez, María José
A1 Montiel-Troya, Maria
A1 Sánchez-García, Juan Carlos
K1 Pregnant woman
K1 exercise
K1 physical activity
K1 quality of life
AB 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. Materialsand 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 ≤42, indicating a positive screening risk of depression (39.20 ± 4.16). Conclusions: Physical activity programmes in water, such as SWEP, enhance the HRQoL of pregnant women.
YR 2020
FD 2020-02-17
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15137
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15137
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 8, 2025