1. Objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity levels in Spanish pregnant women. Factors affecting the compliance with physical activity guidelines
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Pedro Acosta-Manzano, Lidia Romero-Gallardo, Olga Ocón-Hernández, Laura Baena-García, Virginia A. Aparicio, Nuria Marín-Jiménez, and Milkana Borges-Cosic
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physical fitness ,Physical activity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pregnancy ,Accelerometry ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Exercise ,Sedentary time ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Sedentary behavior ,medicine.disease ,Compliance (physiology) ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Spain ,Pregnancy Trimester, Second ,Physical therapy ,Patient Compliance ,Female ,Guideline Adherence ,Pregnant Women ,Sedentary Behavior ,business - Abstract
The aims of this cross-sectional study were to describe objectively measured sedentary time (ST) and physical activity (PA) levels in Spanish pregnant women, to analyze the degree of compliance with PA guidelines during the early second trimester of pregnancy and to explore sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with meeting these PA guidelines. One hundred and thirty-four Caucasian pregnant women were recruited between October 2015 and October 2017 to participate in this study. Triaxial accelerometers were used to analyze ST andPA levels for seven consecutive valid days. Womenspent512 ± 92.1 minutes daily in sedentary behaviors, and 85 ± 108.2 minutes in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in bouts of at least 10 minutes. They walked on average 7436 ± 2410steps per day. Only 22% of the study sample complied with the PA guidelines. Having an University degree was related with threefold higher odds of compliance with the PA guidelines (95% confidence interval: 0.096-0.913
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- 2020
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