Adeniyi A F, Ogwumike O O, Bamikefa T R
Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200211, Nigeria.
ISRN Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jun 15;2013:294518. doi: 10.1155/2013/294518. Print 2013.
Physical exercise during postpartum period is beneficial to mothers, and the health gains are abundantly reported. This study characterises the postpartum exercise profile of a group of Nigerian women and reports how their exercise self-efficacies are influenced by sociodemographic characteristics. Participants were women attending the two largest postnatal clinics in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. A self-developed questionnaire assessed the socio-demographic and exercise profile of participants, while the Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale assessed their exercise self-efficacy. About two-third (61.0%) of the participants were not aware that they could undertake physical exercise to enhance postpartum health, and 109 (47.8%) were not engaged in any exercise. Those who exercised did so for less than three days/week, and 89% of the women did not belong to any exercise support group. Exercise self-efficacy was significantly (P < 0.05) associated with being in an exercise programme, age, employment, work hours/week, monthly income, and number of pregnancies. Most of the women were not aware they could engage in postpartum exercise, and about half were not undertaking it. More women with high compared to moderate exercise self-efficacy undertook the exercise. Efforts at increasing awareness, improving exercise self-efficacy and adoption of postpartum exercise are desirable among the Nigerian women.
产后进行体育锻炼对母亲有益，且已有大量关于健康益处的报道。本研究描述了一组尼日利亚女性的产后锻炼情况，并报告了她们的锻炼自我效能感如何受到社会人口学特征的影响。研究对象为在尼日利亚西南部伊巴丹市两家最大的产后诊所就诊的女性。一份自行编制的问卷评估了参与者的社会人口学和锻炼情况，同时锻炼自我效能量表评估了她们的锻炼自我效能感。约三分之二（61.0%）的参与者不知道自己可以通过进行体育锻炼来促进产后健康，109人（47.8%）未进行任何锻炼。进行锻炼的人每周锻炼天数不足三天，89%的女性未加入任何锻炼支持小组。锻炼自我效能感与参加锻炼计划、年龄、就业状况、每周工作时长、月收入以及怀孕次数显著相关（P < 0.05）。大多数女性不知道自己可以进行产后锻炼，约一半的女性未进行锻炼。与锻炼自我效能感中等的女性相比，锻炼自我效能感高的女性更多地进行了锻炼。在尼日利亚女性中，需要努力提高她们的认知度，增强锻炼自我效能感，并促进产后锻炼的开展。
