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Brief Communication • BrÉves| Volume 43, ISSUE 6, P766-768, June 2021

The Impact of Hospitalization on Physical Activity During Pregnancy

Published:September 29, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2020.09.018
The Impact of Hospitalization on Physical Activity During Pregnancy
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      ABSTRACT

      The concept of prenatal physical activity has transitioned from a potentially risky behaviour to a prescription to improve maternal–fetal health. Pregnant women who are hospitalized because of a complication should continue to engage in light activities of daily living given the known adverse effects of maternal bedrest. Because the amount physical activity performed by pregnant women while in hospital not been documented; we compared levels of physical activity between women who were and were not hospitalized during pregnancy. We found that hospitalized pregnant women self-impose bedrest even in the absence of a medical recommendation.

      RÉSUMÉ

      L'activité physique prénatale est passée d'un comportement potentiellement dangereux à une prescription pour améliorer la santé maternelle et fœtale. Il y a lieu pour les femmes enceintes hospitalisées en raison d'une complication de continuer à s'adonner à des activités physiques de faible intensité dans leur vie quotidienne étant donné les effets nocifs connus de l'alitement maternel. Comme le niveau de l'activité physique pratiquée chez les femmes enceintes hospitalisées n'a pas été consigné, nous avons comparé les niveaux d'activité physique pendant la grossesse entre des femmes hospitalisées et non hospitalisées. Nous avons constaté que les femmes enceintes hospitalisées s'imposent elles-mêmes l'alitement, même en l'absence d'une recommandation médicale.

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      Publication history

      Published online: September 29, 2020

      Footnotes

      Disclosures: This research has been funded by generous supporters of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI, RES0018745). L.M.R. is funded by the Molly Towell Perinatal Research Foundation (RES0041143). C.D.S. and M.H.D. are supported by a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Grant in Aid (G-16-00014033). M.H.D. is funded by a Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC)/Health Canada Improving Heart Health for Women Award, National and Alberta HSFC New Investigator Award (HSFC NNIA Davenport), and the Christenson Endowed Professorship in Healthy Active Living. C.D.S. is funded by an HSFC Joint National and Alberta New Investigator Award (HSFC NNIA Steinback).

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2020.09.018

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      © 2020 The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada/La Société des obstétriciens et gynécologues du Canada. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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