2016
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13121187
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Development and Preliminary Validation of a Comprehensive Questionnaire to Assess Women’s Knowledge and Perception of the Current Weight Gain Guidelines during Pregnancy

Abstract: The aim of this study was to develop and validate an electronic questionnaire, the Electronic Maternal Health Survey (EMat Health Survey), related to women’s knowledge and perceptions of the current gestational weight gain guidelines (GWG), as well as pregnancy-related health behaviours. Constructs addressed within the questionnaire include self-efficacy, locus of control, perceived barriers, and facilitators of physical activity and diet, outcome expectations, social environment and health practices. Content … Show more

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“…The non-practice of PE before pregnancy was observed in 50% (30) of women, 32.7% (20) practiced walking, and 16.3% (10) practiced another type of PE. Among women who practiced PE before gestation, 46.7% (14) practiced it more than 5 time per week. During pregnancy, 67.8% (40) of the These questions were asked only if the answer of the previous question was "Yes".…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The non-practice of PE before pregnancy was observed in 50% (30) of women, 32.7% (20) practiced walking, and 16.3% (10) practiced another type of PE. Among women who practiced PE before gestation, 46.7% (14) practiced it more than 5 time per week. During pregnancy, 67.8% (40) of the These questions were asked only if the answer of the previous question was "Yes".…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…12 A study of 166 women showed that knowledge about GWG is poor, with the minimum amount of weight gain during pregnancy being overestimated by most women, therefore positively promoting excessive weight gain during pregnancy. 13,14 Despite the complications related to excessive GWG being well described, few studies have evaluated the knowledge of pregnant women regarding the guidelines used to direct GWG. 15,16 In addition, we have found different GWG guidelines in the literature, which can be a confounding factor.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Self-reporting and recall bias were possibilities since the survey was self-administered. Importantly, our survey validation study [27] stated that following pregnancy, women are able to accurately recall pregnancy-related characteristics and behaviours over 30 years, which include pre-pregnancy height and weight, obsetric complications, birthweight, and GWG within one year of delivery and 4 to 12 years after pregnancy. Furthermore, a study that concluded overweight and obesity is associated with excessive GWG, found that this was not dependent on self-reported weight status since approximately 20% of women with overweight or obesity accurately identified their weight status [52].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The survey, grounded in Social Cognitive Theory, was constructed using branching logic to prevent redundancies and was developed in eight comprehensive steps by Ockenden and colleagues [27]. The authors from the cited validation manuscript initially examined 110 items for the questionnaire (50 for current pregnancy and 60 for past pregnancy).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Infant care: breastfeeding, preparedness for appointment, awareness of “The Period of Purple Crying” (a time early in an infant’s life when there is more crying than normal), and vaccine hesitancy [ 12 , 17 - 20 ]…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%