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Aerobic Exercise on Prenatal Sleep Quality and Maternal-fetal Attachment

NCT04364919 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2020-04-28

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Summary

A growing body of evidence suggests that exercise is an important contributor to maternal health and is beneficial to infants. A single-blinded randomised experimental study was used to evaluate the effect of aerobic exercise on sleep quality and maternal-fetal attachment in pregnancy women. 140 eligible pregnant women were systematically assigned, with a random start to experimental group (n = 70) received a 20 minutes aerobic exercise video and was instructed to exercise at least three times a week for 3 months at home, while the control group (n = 70) received the usual care only. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Modified Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale were used to assess outcomes measured before the intervention and at 4 and 12 weeks postintervention. Paired sample t-tests were conducted before and after aerobic exercise to measure whether there were any statistically significant changes in outcome variables.

Conditions

  • Effects of Aerobic Exercise in Pregnant Women

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

aerobic exercise program

The program incorporated modified yoga movements suitable for pregnant women. The DVD provides an illustration with the written caption, "Please take enough water before exercise, and wear loose and comfortable clothes in a suitable environment. If you feel tired, stop exercising immediately." The DVD's narrator then says, "Now you are ready to prepare a comfortable, solid chair with a chair back." With a soft musical background, the exercise actions were arranged in following order: warm-up → neck → shoulder → arm → chest → waist →leg → regulating the breathing. The first 14.5 minutes of the yoga exercises were performed in a sitting position, followed by 3.5 minutes in standing position, and then returning to 2 minutes in sitting position. The exercises were developed as a progressive program in order to achieve the goals of strength-conditioning, moderate-intensity exercise (ACOG, 2015).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chung-Hey Chen, PhD · College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
23 Years
Max Age
43 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-01
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

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