Trial reportReproductive health2011
Water exercises and quality of life during pregnancy.
Trial report in Reproductive health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07767357 (Comparative Effectiveness of Hydrotherapy and Land-Based Exercise on Pelvic Floor Muscle Endurance in Pregnant Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparative Effectiveness of Hydrotherapy and Land-Based Exercise on Pelvic Floor Muscle Endurance in Pregnant Women: A Retrospective Comparative Study
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multidimensional psychological and neurophysiological effects of moderate- and low-intensity exercise on pregnant women: an integrative systematic review and Bayesian framework network meta-analysis.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Influence of prenatal aquatic activities on fetal outcomes and maternal physical and mental outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Water Exercise and Quality of Life in Pregnancy: A Randomised Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
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- The Factors Associated with the Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women in the second and Third Trimesters: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, Eastern China.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- A systematic review on the physical, mental, and occupational effects of exercise on pregnant women.Dialogues in health · 2024Review
- Effects of anxiety, depression, social support, and physical health status on the health-related quality of life of pregnant women in post-pandemic Korea: a cross-sectional study.Korean journal of women health nursing · 2023Article
- The Main Changes in Pregnancy-Therapeutic Approach to Musculoskeletal Pain.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Quality of Life of Pregnant Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Observational
- Therapeutic Aquatic Exercise in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Quality of Life of Brazilian Vegetarians Measured by the WHOQOL-BREF: Influence of Type of Diet, Motivation and Sociodemographic Data.Nutrients · 2021Article
- The association between social capital and quality of life among a sample of Iranian pregnant women.BMC public health · 2019Article
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- Relations between Stress and Quality of Life among Women in Late Pregnancy: The Parallel Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms and Sleep Quality.Psychiatry investigation · 2019Article
- The investigation of effects of static immersion and calming in water on pregnant women's stress participating in preparation classes for childbirth.Journal of education and health promotion · 2019Article
- Relationships between Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Pregnant Women in the Second and Third Trimester.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Evaluation of the Health-related Behaviour of Pregnant Women from Warsaw, Poland.Iranian journal of public health · 2018Article
- [Quality of life related to health in a population of healthy pregnant women after a program of physical activity in the aquatic environment.]Revista espanola de salud publica · 2017Article
- Physical Activity Patterns and Factors Related to Exercise during Pregnancy: A Cross Sectional Study.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn Brazil, concern with the quality of life of pregnant women is one of the points emphasized in the Program for the Humanization of Prenatal Care and Childbirth launched in 2000. However, there are few references in the literature on the role of either land or water-based physical exercise on women's quality of life during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a physical exercise program of water aerobics on the quality of life (QOL) of sedentary pregnant women.
methodsA comparative observational study involving sedentary low-risk pregnant women bearing a single fetus with gestational age less than 20 weeks at the time of admission to the study, who were receiving antenatal care at a public health service. One group of 35 women was given routine antenatal care, while another group of 31 women, in addition to receiving the same routine care as the first group, also participated in three classes of water aerobics per week. QOL was evaluated by applying the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire in both groups at the 20th, 28th and 36th weeks of pregnancy. In the same occasions, women also answered another questionnaire about their experience with pregnancy and antenatal care.
resultsThe great majority of the participants considered that the practice of water aerobics had benefitted them in some way. QOL scores were found to be high in both groups during follow-up. There was no association between the practice of water aerobics and QOL.
conclusionsFurther studies involving larger sample sizes should be conducted in different sociocultural contexts and/or using other instruments to adequately evaluate the QOL of women during pregnancy.
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