Physical activity in the early postpartum period in primiparous women.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about early postpartum physical activity (PA).

Objectives

We aimed to describe PA amount and types and compare moderate-vigorous PA (MVPA) at 12-25 (T1) and 33-46 days (T2) postpartum.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Methods

Participants, primiparas delivered vaginally, wore wrist accelerometers and completed questionnaires. Median and interquartile range (IQR) describe minutes/day of PA intensities in total minutes, 5- and 10-minute bouts. Wilcoxon Signed Rank test compared MVPA.

Results

577 (age: 28.3 (SD: 5.1)) had accelerometry or questionnaire at either time-point. 405 had accelerometry at both time-points. Median (IQR) total minutes/day for light, moderate, vigorous and MVPA were 295.8 (256.1-331.7), 54.6 (40-72.7), 0.4 (0.2-0.8), and 55.5 (4

SUBMITTER: Wolpern AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8511185 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature