Physical exercise programme during pregnancy decreases perinatal depression risk: a randomised controlled trial.
Br J Sports Med
; 53(6): 348-353, 2019 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The incidence of depression is high during the perinatal period. This mood disorder can have a significant impact on the mother, the child and the family.OBJECTIVE:
To examine the effect of an exercise programme during pregnancy on the risk of perinatal depression.METHODS:
Healthy women who were <16 weeks pregnant were randomly assigned to two different groups. Women in the intervention group participated in a 60 min exercise programme throughout pregnancy, 3 days per week, which was conducted from October 2014 to December 2016. The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale was used to measure the risk of depression at the beginning of the study (12-16 weeks), at gestational week 38 and at 6 weeks postpartum.RESULTS:
One hundred and twenty-four pregnant women were allocated to either the intervention (IG=70) or the control (CG=54) group. No differences were found in the percentage of depressed women at baseline (20% vs 18.5%) (χ2=0.043; p=0.836). A smaller percentage of depressed women were identified in the IG compared with the CG at 38 gestational weeks (18.6% vs 35.6%) (χ2=4.190; p=0.041) and at 6 weeks postpartum (14.5% vs 29.8%) (χ2=3.985; p=0.046) using the per-protocol analysis. No significant differences were found using the intention-to-treat analyses, except in the multiple imputation analysis at week 38 (18.6% vs 34.4%) (χ2=4.085; p=0.049).CONCLUSION:
An exercise programme performed during pregnancy may reduce the prevalence of depression in late pregnancy and postpartum. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT02420288; Results.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações na Gravidez
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Exercício Físico
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Depressão
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Sports Med
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha