Antenatal exercise and length of gestation among women attending antenatal clinic of the Federal Medical Centre owerri, Southeast Nigeria

Daniel, Jovita Ada; Ezeugwu, Clifford Chika; Nwaogu, E.I.; Nzeribe, E.A.

doi:10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.481

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“…Interestingly, some of the studies reported women affirming the benefits of physical activity. The majority of studies cited participation in physical activity as helping to decrease the risk of gestational diabetes [92,98,103], excessive weight gain [87,94], and also decreasing the risk of caesarean delivery [87,94]. The regular prenatal physical activity has physical and psychological health benefits to the pregnant mother.…”

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“…A total of 40 original articles and review articles on physical activity during pregnancy in Africa were included in this narrative review. Of these, 27 studies were finally considered for the analysis [55,56,58,59,[86][87][88][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110]. Figure 1 presents a flow diagram of the procedure that resulted in the final list of articles considered for analyses.…”

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“…Characteristics of the 27 included studies are displayed in Table 1 [99,102,106,107], four were randomised controlled trials [92,95,96,103] and two were qualitative exploratory study [55,56]. Most studies were carried out in Nigeria [86,87,100,[102][103][104], six were conducted in Egypt [92][93][94][95][96][97], five in South Africa [55,56,[106][107][108], two in Kenya [98,99], four in Ethiopia [58,59,88,110], one each in Burundi [91], and Zambia [109]. The majority of the studies were conducted in urban regions [55, 56, 58, 86-88, 92-97, 100-103, 105-107, 109], three were in rural areas [98,99,108], and two were conducted in a combination of urban/rural settings [91,101,110].…”

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“…Ten studies focused on the second trimester of pregnancy [86, 88, 92, 94-96, 99, 103, 107, 108] nine studies assessed women in the third trimester of pregnancy (87,89,93,95,96,98,100,108,109] and nine studies (57,89,92,99,101,102,103,107,110] included all the trimesters or the entire gestational period. Three studies did not state the gestational stage [59,93,105].…”

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“…Regarding beliefs about and benefits of PA participation, two studies reported that participants had positive beliefs about PA and exercise during pregnancy [55,88] and two studies reported that participants had negative perceptions of PA and exercise during pregnancy [91,98,108]. Three studies reported that exercise prevents incontinence, decreases risk of preeclampsia [94], decreases risk of gestational diabetes [92,98,103], hypertension [107] and excessive weight gain [87,94], decreases the risk of caesarean delivery [87,94], prevents preterm births [103] and improves depressive symptoms [93]. Two studies found no significant association between PA and birth outcomes [95,107].…”

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Physical activity and exercise during pregnancy in Africa: a review of the literature

Okafor

Goon

2020

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background Pregnancy is an important phase in a woman’s life, with health status at this stage affecting both the woman and her child’s life. Global evidence suggests that many women engage in low levels of physical activity (PA) and exercise during pregnancy despite its beneficial effects. This is particularly the case in Africa. Methods This article reviews the literature on levels of PA and exercise among pregnant women in Africa, highlighting the level of PA or exercise participation during pregnancy in Africa, including types of PA, factors affecting PA, beliefs about and benefits of prenatal activity, advice or counselling on PA during pregnancy in Africa, and PA interventions proposed to promote the uptake of prenatal PA. Electronic search databases used were Google Scholar, Science Direct, Scopus, EMBASE, ERIC, Medline, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, PubMed, BIOMED Central, and African Journal Online. The basic search terms were: ‘Physical activity’, ‘Exercise’, ‘Pregnancy’, ‘Pregnant women’ and ‘Africa’. A total of 40 references were found. On the basis of an analysis of titles, abstracts and the language of publication (other than English), 11 articles were rejected, and 29 articles were fully read, although two had to be rejected due to a lack of access to the full version. Finally, 27 references were included in the review. Results Few studies exist on PA during pregnancy in Africa. The limited data available suggests that, compared to the Western world, pregnant women in Africa do not adhere to the recommendations for PA during pregnancy. Levels of participation in PA during pregnancy are low and decline as the pregnancy progresses. The majority of the studies used direct, objective measures to assess PA during pregnancy. Personal and environmental factors such as lack of time, lack of knowledge, inadequate information from healthcare providers, feelings of tiredness and an absence of social support constituted the main barriers to PA during pregnancy. The types of PA participation among pregnant women varied across studies and geographical settings. Conclusions While published data is limited, it seems clear that the participation of pregnant women in PA during pregnancy in Africa is low and declines with advancing pregnancy. There is a need for more studies to examine the dynamics of PA during pregnancy in Africa to guide contextual interventions to improve and promote maternal health on the continent.

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2020

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Acute effect of aerobic dance exercise on blood pressure of normotensive pregnant Nigerian women

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Nwaogu²,

Okoli³

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Exercise has been shown to reduce blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive patients. However, studies reporting reduced BP from chronic exercises might disregard an acute effect exercise could have on BP. Aerobic dance is one of the commonly recommended exercises for pregnant women without complications. The study aims to determine the acute effect of aerobic dance exercise of moderate intensity, on the BP of normotensive pregnant women. Pre-test/post-test research design involving 24 pregnant women of not less than 12 weeks gestation who volunteered from among women attending antenatal clinic at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Nigeria. The women were screened and met the inclusion criteria, had their Systolic and Diastolic blood pressures (SBP and DBP) measured before participating in an exercise. The SBP and DBP were measured again at the end of the exercise and finally after 30 min rest. Data was analysed using Repeated ANOVA. SBP changed significantly between pre-exercise and 30 min post exercise rest but not between Pre-exercise and after 30 min exercise. DBP decreased significantly from pre-exercise to 30 min post exercise rest but not between after 30 min exercise and 30 min post exercise rest. In conclusion, moderate intensity aerobic dance exercise did not precipitate adverse acute cardiovascular response. Aerobic dance may be effective in management of hypertension in pregnancy.

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Antenatal exercise and length of gestation among women attending antenatal clinic of the Federal Medical Centre owerri, Southeast Nigeria

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Physical activity and exercise during pregnancy in Africa: a review of the literature

Physical activity and exercise during pregnancy in Africa: a review of the literature

Acute effect of aerobic dance exercise on blood pressure of normotensive pregnant Nigerian women

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