ArticleMidwifery2021
Variations in health behaviors among pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Pregnancy and COVID-19: high or low risk of vertical transmission.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Pooled it
- COVID-19, lifestyle behaviors and mental health: A mixed methods study of women 6 months following a hypertensive pregnancy.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
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- A Multicentric Study on Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women in Multidisciplinary Hospitals of Kazakhstan.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Gestational Weight Gain and Neonatal Biometry during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicenter Observational Cohort.American journal of perinatology · 2025Observational
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Birth Weight of Children Born in a Brazilian Metropolis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Effect of Lockdown Period of COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal Weight Gain, Gestational Diabetes, and Newborn Birth Weight.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- Association of COVID-19 pandemic societal closures with gestational weight gain among women in South Carolina, 2018-2021.Annals of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Associations of COVID-19 lockdown with birth weight in China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
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- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Behaviours of Pregnant Women in Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Chinese pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and practice of self-protection against coronavirus disease 2019 during the post-pandemic period: A structural equation modeling-based survey.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2023Article
- Corona disease anxiety and health related behaviors: What happened to primgravida women post COVID-19?Scientific African · 2023Article
- Impact of Covid-19 on rates of gestational diabetes in a North American pandemic epicenter.Acta diabetologica · 2023Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Level of Physical Activity, Emotional State, and Health Habits of Women in Late Pregnancy and Early Puerperium.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on glycemic levels during pregnancy: A retrospective analysis.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2023Article
- How Did Participating in a Prenatal Nutrition and Exercise Program Influence Postpartum Behaviour During COVID-19?International journal of exercise science · 2023Article
- It's time to increase physical activity promotion among pregnant women in France.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- A qualitative exploration of influences on eating behaviour throughout pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- COVID-BEHAVE dataset: measuring human behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific data · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine changes in lifestyle behaviors early in the COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant women. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional internet-based survey was completed by 706 pregnant women (mean age 29.6 years ± 3.2) residing in the United States in May 2020 to assess self-reported changes in diet, physical activity, and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic. Logistic regression analyses examined whether sociodemographic, clinical, and pandemic-related characteristics were associated with health behavior changes.
resultsApproximately 17% of women reported their diets worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, 42% reported improvements, and 41% reported no change. For physical activity, 22% reported they stopped being active, 2% reported they became active, and 76% reported no change. Nearly one-third of participants reported getting less sleep. The factors consistently associated with adverse lifestyle changes (worse diet, stopped being active, and reduced sleep) were experiences of pregnancy complications, loss of income due to COVID-19, and changes in social connections due to COVID-19.
conclusionsA substantial proportion of pregnant women reported adverse lifestyle changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interventions during the pandemic to optimize health behaviors in pregnant women, especially among those with pregnancy complications, should address economic disadvantages and social support.
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