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Exercise and Wellbeing: The Effect of Group Exercise on Mental Wellbeing Among Pregnant Women

NCT02833519 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2019-09-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of supervised group exercise on mental wellbeing and signs of depression among pregnant women at risk of perinatal depression in a randomized controlled clinical trial.

The investigators hypothesis is that 70 minutes of supervised group exercise twice a week for 12 weeks by pregnant women at risk of perinatal depression, will improve the participants mental wellbeing and reduce their symptoms of depression.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

group exercise

1. Group training supervised by Physiotherapists from Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet. 70 minutes sessions twice a week for 12 weeks. The training consists of 10 minutes of warm up (Borg scale 7-10), 20 minutes of fitness training on exercise bike, tread mill or cross-trainer (Borg scale 11-15), 25 minutes of muscle training and 15 minutes stretching/relaxation, (Borg scale 6). The intensity of the training follows national recommendations on physical activity for pregnant women, which recommends moderate physical activity or more depending on the pregnant woman's fitness level prior to pregnancy. 2. The pregnant women´s general practitioners are informed about the intervention and who is participating in the project. 3. A weekly supportive email.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hanne K Hegaard, PhD · Department of Obstetrics, The Juliane Marie Centre for Women, Children and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-31
Primary Completion
2019-09-09
Completion
2019-09-09

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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