Assessment of Pregnant Women Attitude Towaeds Physical Activity and Exercise During Pregnancy: Among Attending Antenatal Care at Health Centers Adola Woyu Hospital and Waderaworeda East Guji, Oromia, Ethiopia
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Being physical inactivity during pregnancy increases the risks of pregnancy related complication. Consequently, around 830 thousand of pregnant women were pass way every day worldwide. However, having adequate knowledge helps to do physical exercise during pregnancy in order to avoid these pathologies and its sequel later in life. Therefore, this aimed to assess pregnant women attitude towards physical activity and exercise during pregnancy: Among attending antenatal care at health centers Adola woyu hospital and Wadera woreda east Guji, Oromia, Ethiopia 2014. A Health facility based cross-sectional quantitative study design was employed and 212 of participant were invited. Data entered and analyzed by SPSS version 25. Chi square was used to identify possible predictors. And OR and 95% CI were used to measure strength of associations at p-value of <0.05. About 32.2% and 29.6% pregnant women were knowledgeable and interested about antenatal exercise respectively. Significant associations were found between knowledge of antenatal exercise, interest of pregnant and behavior of physical activity and exercise has positive significant or less than 0.05 for p-value. Moreover, experience of physical exercise before pregnancy was found a significant influence on practice with exercise. This study indicated majority of the participant were not knowledgeable, interested and not good behavior about antenatal exercise and level of practice of antenatal exercise is very low. Therefore, health care providers and other respective bodies should be creating awareness about Antenatal exercise to prevent pregnancy-related complication.
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:19890
Author: Tadele Bedada
Language: English
Topic: Physical Activity and Health
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7090765381
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