Social, biological, behavioural and psychological factors related to physical activity during early pregnancy in the Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (Cork, Ireland) cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify the social, biological, behavioural and psychological factors related to physical activity (PA) in early pregnancy.

Design

This is a secondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort study.

Setting

The study was conducted in Cork, Ireland.

Participants

Nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies were recruited and then interviewed at 15±1 weeks' gestation.

Primary and secondary outcomes

The biopsychosocial model identified factors including social (age), biological (body mass index), behavioural (diet) and psychological (anxiety) at 15±1 weeks' gestation. PA subgroups were identified based on a latent class analysis of their responses to a set of questions about the amount and intensity of activity they

SUBMITTER: Flannery C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6596951 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature