ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020
Validity of self-reported and objectively measured sedentary behavior in pregnancy.
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The trial behind it
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Sedentary Behavior in Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Health: the Monitoring Movement and Health (MoM Health) Study
Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle During Pregnancy: Feasibility and Impact Study on Sedentary Behavior
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Mapping postpartum physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep: assessing the impact of prenatal physical activity interventions in the FitMum randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effects of Two Physical Activity Interventions on Sleep and Sedentary Time in Pregnant Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
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- Physical Activity in 1-Year-Old Children Predicts Physical Activity Level at Age 3 Years Independent of Maternal Activity.Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice · 2025Article
- Influence of a Sedentary Behavior Intervention on Mood, Sleep, and Quality of Life Outcomes During Pregnancy: The SPRING Study.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors with Depressive Symptoms and Mood Disturbance Throughout Pregnancy.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Observational
- Rationale, Design, and Methods for the Sedentary Behavior Reduction in Pregnancy Intervention (SPRING): Protocol for a Pilot and Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
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- Patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior before and during pregnancy and cardiometabolic outcomes.Midwifery · 2022Article
- Measuring Foot Abduction Brace Wear Time Using a Single 3-Axis Accelerometer.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Delphi Study to Identify Research Priorities Regarding Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Sleep in Pregnancy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Measurement of Barriers, Attitudes, and Expectations for Sitting Less in Pregnancy.American journal of health behavior · 2021Article
- Sedentary behaviour and physical activity across pregnancy and birth outcomes.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2021Article
- Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity Across 3 Trimesters of Pregnancy: The Monitoring Movement and Health Study.Journal of physical activity & health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSedentary behavior (SED) is a potential risk factor for poor pregnancy outcomes. We evaluated the validity of several common and one new method to assess SED across three trimesters of pregnancy.
methodsThis cohort study of pregnant women measured objective and self-reported SED each trimester via thigh-worn activPAL3 micro (criterion), waist-worn Actigraph GT3X, and self-report from the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) and the de novo Sedentary Behavior Two Domain Questionnaire (SB2D). SED (hours per day) and percent time in SED (SED%) from activPAL were compared to GT3X, SB2D, and PPAQ using Pearson's r, ICC, Bland-Altman analysis, and comparison of criterion SED and SED% across tertiles of alternative methods.
resultsFifty-eight women (mean age 31.5 ± 4.8 years; pre-pregnancy BMI 25.1 ± 5.6 kg/m
conclusionsCompared to activPAL, waist-worn GT3X produced moderate agreement, though similar mean estimates of SED across pregnancy. Self-report questionnaires had large absolute error and wide limits of agreement for SED hr./day; SB2D measurement of SED% was the best self-report method. These data suggest activPAL be used to measure SED when possible, followed by GT3X, and - when necessary - SB2D assessing SED% in pregnancy.
trial registrationwww.clinicaltrials.gov NCT03084302 on 3/20/2017.
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