NCT Number: NCT01136291
Objective: To evaluate the association between physical exercise for obese or overweight women and the maternal, perinatal outcomes and perception of these women about their quality of life.
Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial with 78 pregnant women. Overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 26 kg / m²), gestational age between 14 and 24 weeks and from age 18 years were included. They will be divided into two random groups: one which will an exercise program under supervision and guidance received from home exercises (study group) and another that followed the standard routine prenatal care service (control group). Both groups will receive standardized nutritional counseling by the department of nutrition and dietetics and a questionnaire measuring quality of life WHOQOL-short at 14 - 24 weeks and at 36 weeks of pregnancy. The intervention results will be analyzed by intention to treat. A P value less than 0.05 will be used to determine statistical significance.
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Centro de Atenção Integral à saúde da mulher, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Objective: To evaluate the association between physical exercise for obese or overweight women and the maternal, perinatal outcomes and perception of these women about their quality of life.
Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial with 78 pregnant women. Overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 26 kg / m²), gestational age between 14 and 24 weeks and from age 18 years were included. They will be divided into two random groups: one which will an exercise program under supervision and guidance received from home exercises (study group) and another that followed the standard routine prenatal care service (control group). Both groups will receive standardized nutritional counseling by the department of nutrition and dietetics and a questionnaire measuring quality of life WHOQOL-short at 14 - 24 weeks and at 36 weeks of pregnancy. The intervention results will be analyzed by intention to treat. A P value less than 0.05 will be used to determine statistical significance.
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
The exercise protocol was done under supervision once a week. Pregnant women have been told to do some exercise three more times during the week unsupervised and may be the protocol of exercises or walk in mild to moderate intensity.
The exercise protocol lasted 50 minutes with 10 minutes of stretching overall, 30 minutes of exercise for muscle strengthening and 10 minutes of relaxation.
These women also received nutrition counseling and prenatal care.
Time frame: baseline and at 40 gestational weeks
Gestational weight gain is the difference between the prepregnancy weight and the last weight measure at the end of pregnancy
Time frame: at the 14 to 40 gestational weeks
Weight gain during the program was the difference between the weight measured at study entry and final consultation weight, measured by a mechanical scale, in kilos and grams
Time frame: at the 14 and at the 40 gestational weeks
All pregnant women responded to the quality of life WHOQOL-bref questionnaire, at study inclusion and at the completion of 36 gestational weeks. The domains of these questionnaires were calculated on a scale of zero (the worse quality of life) to 100 points (the better quality of life).
University of Campinas, Brazil
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Physical Exercise Influence on Maternal, Perinatal Outcomes and Quality of Life Among Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women:
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