Physical activity among pregnant inpatients and outpatients and associations with anxiety

CONCLUSION: We present antenatal population norms and variance for step counts, metabolic equivalent tasks, moderate to vigorous physical activity bursts, and kcals, as well as correlations with anxiety. Antepartum inpatients had significantly lower physical activity than outpatients, and lower step counts correlated with higher anxiety levels. These results highlight the need for physical activity interventions, particularly for hospitalized pregnant people.PMID:38554481 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.03.033

Source: Reproductive Biology - March 30, 2024 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Danielle M Panelli Hayley E Miller Samantha L Simpson Janet Hurtado Chi-Hung Shu Ana C Boncompagni Jane Chueh Brendan Carvalho Pervez Sultan Nima Aghaeepour Maurice L Druzin Source Type: research