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A randomized controlled trial of exercise during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes: results from the PAMELA study

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, December 2017
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Title
A randomized controlled trial of exercise during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes: results from the PAMELA study
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, December 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12966-017-0632-6
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Shana Ginar da Silva, Pedro Curi Hallal, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi, Mariângela Freitas da Silveira, Diego Bassani, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro da Silva, Carolina de Vargas Nunes Coll, Kelly Evenson

Abstract

Women are encouraged to be physically active during pregnancy. Despite available evidence supporting antenatal physical activity to bring health benefits for both the mother and child, the most effective way to prevent some maternal and fetal outcomes is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an exercise intervention to prevent negative maternal and newborn health outcomes. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) nested into the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study was carried-out with 639 healthy pregnant women, 213 in the intervention group (IG) and 426 in the control (CG) group. An exercise-based intervention was conducted three times/week for 16 weeks from 16-20 to 32-36 weeks' gestation. The main outcomes were preterm birth and pre-eclampsia. Gestational age was calculated based on several parameters, including routine ultrassounds and/or last menstrual period and categorized as < 37 weeks and ≥ 37 weeks for evaluation of preterm birth. Pre-eclampsia was self-reported. Secondary outcomes were gestational weight gain, gestational diabetes, birth weight, infant length, and head circumference. Analyses were performed by intention-to-treat (ITT) and per protocol (70% of the 48 planned exercise sessions). Odds ratio were derived using unconditional logistic regression. The IG and CG did not differ at baseline regarding their mean age (27.2 years ± 5.3 vs. 27.1 years ± 5.7) and mean pre-pregnancy body mass index (25.1 ± 3.9 vs. 25.2 ± 4.1 kg/m2). The mean adherence to the exercise intervention was 27 ± 17.2 sessions (out of a potential 48) with 40.4% attending > = 70% of the recommended exercise sessions. A total of 594 participants (IG:198; CG: 396) were included in the ITT and 479 (IG: 83; CG: 396) were included in the per protocol analyses. There were no significant differences in the incidence of preterm birth and pre-eclampsia between groups in the ITT and per protocol analysis. There were also no differences between the two groups in mean gestational weight gain, gestational diabetes, birth weight, infant length, and head circumference. While the RCT did not support the benefits of exercise performed during pregnancy on preeclampsia and preterm birth, the exercise program also did not present adverse impacts on newborn health. Our findings may contribute to promote intervention strategies that motivate health providers to encourage pregnant women to be more physically active. Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02148965 , registered on 22 May 2014.

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Unknown 533 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 79 15%
Student > Master 64 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 41 8%
Researcher 23 4%
Student > Postgraduate 20 4%
Other 73 14%
Unknown 233 44%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 92 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 92 17%
Sports and Recreations 38 7%
Social Sciences 11 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 2%
Other 41 8%
Unknown 251 47%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 July 2020.
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#5,601,997
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Outputs from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#1,372
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#109,839
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#30
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