Rodríguez-Blanque, RaquelAguilar-Cordero, María JoséMarín-Jiménez, Ana EugeniaMenor-Rodríguez, María JoséMontiel-Troya, MariaSánchez-García, Juan Carlos2023-02-082023-02-082020-02-17http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15137Background: 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.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Pregnant womanexercisephysical activityquality of lifeAdolescentAdultChildExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleHealth PromotionHealth StatusHumansPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPregnant WomenPrenatal CareQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeWaterYoung Adultresearch article32079342open access10.3390/ijerph170412881660-4601PMC7068410https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/4/1288/pdf?version=1583070685https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068410/pdf