Observational studyPloS one2017
Associations between quality of life, physical activity, worry, depression and insomnia: A cross-sectional designed study in healthy pregnant women.
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- Does health-related quality of life change across pregnancy trimesters? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Pooled it
- Adverse Maternal and Fetal Outcomes Associated with Insomnia During Pregnancy: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluating the global prevalence of insomnia during pregnancy through standardized questionnaires and diagnostic criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Insomnia evaluation and treatment during peripartum: a joint position paper from the European Insomnia Network task force "Sleep and Women," the Italian Marcè Society and international experts task force for perinatal mental health.Archives of women's mental health · 2022Pooled it
- Light-intensity physical activity and mental ill health: a systematic review of observational studies in the general population.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy of online mindfulness for the treatment of insomnia in pregnancy: A randomized clinical trial.PloS one · 2025Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in pregnant women.Sleep medicine · 2020Trial
- Mood and quality of life changes in pregnancy and postpartum and the effect of a behavioral intervention targeting excess gestational weight gain in women with overweight and obesity: a parallel-arm randomized controlled pilot trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Trial
- Subtypes and associated factors of prenatal depressive symptoms and their association with health-related quality of life among pregnant women: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- The Role of Worry and Emotional Intelligence in Depression in a Non-Clinical and Subclinical Sample.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Translating Evidence into Obstetric Care: Developing a Best Practice-Informed Stepped-Care Clinical Algorithm for the Management of Gestational Insomnia.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- How pre-pregnancy body mass index influences health-related quality of life during pregnancy: a serial multiple mediation analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Assessment of Maternal Dietary Intake, Physical Activity Status, and Body Composition During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
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- Implications of perceived empathy from spouses during pregnancy for health-related quality of life among pregnant women: a cross-sectional study in Anhui, China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of insomnia symptoms among pregnant women in the third trimester in a moderately developing region of China.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Influence of Pregestational Body Mass Index and Physical Activity Patterns on Maternal, Delivery, and Newborn Outcomes in a Sample of Portuguese Pregnant Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Portuguese journal of public health · 2023Article
- Physical Activity and the Impact of Continued Exercise on Health-Related Quality of Life Prior to and during Pregnancy: A German Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Vlogging Pregnancy and Laboring During the Pandemic on YouTube.The Journal of perinatal education · 2023Article
- Quality of life in Norwegian pregnant women and men with pregnant partners, and association with perception of sleep and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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Abstract
Health-related quality of life (QOL) is reported to be reduced during pregnancy. Associations between QOL, physical activity (PA), insomnia, depression and worry are insufficiently investigated among pregnant women. The aim of this study was to evaluate QOL and PA patterns among healthy pregnant women, and to examine how QOL might correlate to PA, sleep, worry and depression. This is an observational cross-sectional study, conducted among a convenient sample of 141 healthy pregnant women using five questionnaires: WHOQOL-brief (WHO quality of life questionnaire, brief version, ISI (Insomnia Severity Index), PSWQ (Penn State Worry Questionnaire), ZSRDS (Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale), and Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ). Pre-gestational BMI was inversely correlated to overall health while education was positively correlated to psychological health, social relationships and environment domains. Smoking before and during pregnancy significantly impacted the general health and psychological health. Total and light PA were positively correlated to psychological health and social relationships. Sports/exercise showed positive correlations with several QOL domains. Insomnia and depression were significantly associated with a decrease in all domains of QOL, while worries were associated with a decrease in physical, psychological and environmental domains. There were significant negative correlations between ZSRDS scores and total activity. PA, worries, depression and insomnia affected QOL during pregnancy. Furthermore, pregnant women presenting depression had a reduced total PA. Sleep and mental health as well as encouraging PA during pregnancy are necessary to improve the quality of life of pregnant women.
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