Central Queensland University, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Australia.
Bond University, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Exercise and Sport Science, Australia.
Women Birth. 2020 Jul;33(4):e357-e362. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2019.07.302. Epub 2019 Aug 26.
Exercise during pregnancy is associated with a variety of health benefits for both mother and child. Despite these benefits, few Australian pregnant women are sufficiently active to meet current exercise during pregnancy guidelines. Healthcare practitioners can play an instrumental role in encouraging women to be active during their pregnancy through the provision of clear and accurate exercise advice. However, little is known about the exercise advice that pregnant women receive from Healthcare practitioners.
Regionally-based Australian women were asked to self-report the exercise advice they received from their Healthcare practitioners during their pregnancy via a survey during one of their clinic visits.
Of the 131 participants, 53% (n=70) reported receiving some form of exercise advice from their Healthcare practitioner. Specifically, frequency of exercise was discussed among 34% of the participants (n=23) while exercise intensity 57% was discussed among 57% of the participants (n=38). Exercise duration was discussed among 39% of participants (n=26) and types of exercise was discussed among 84% of the participants (n=56). In most instances, participants report receiving advice not in accordance with current exercise during pregnancy guidelines.
Healthcare practitioners may not be actively providing advice to pregnant women about their exercise behaviours. Of the advice that is provided, it may not in accordance with current evidence-based exercise during pregnancy guidelines. Whilst healthcare practitioners may be uniquely positioned to provide exercise advice to pregnant women, they may not have the necessary knowledge, training or support to provide specific exercise advice.
孕期运动对母婴双方的健康都有诸多益处。尽管如此，澳大利亚很少有孕妇的活动量足以达到目前孕期运动指南的要求。医疗保健从业者可以通过提供明确和准确的运动建议，在鼓励孕妇在孕期保持活跃方面发挥重要作用。然而，人们对孕妇从医疗保健从业者那里获得的运动建议知之甚少。
通过在孕妇就诊期间进行的一项调查，要求来自澳大利亚不同地区的女性自我报告她们在孕期从医疗保健从业者那里获得的运动建议。
在 131 名参与者中，53%（n=70）报告从医疗保健从业者那里获得了某种形式的运动建议。具体来说，34%的参与者（n=23）讨论了运动频率，57%的参与者（n=38）讨论了运动强度。39%的参与者（n=26）讨论了运动持续时间，84%的参与者（n=56）讨论了运动类型。在大多数情况下，参与者报告的建议与目前的孕期运动指南不一致。
医疗保健从业者可能没有积极向孕妇提供有关运动行为的建议。在提供的建议中，可能不符合目前基于证据的孕期运动指南。虽然医疗保健从业者可能处于向孕妇提供运动建议的独特位置，但他们可能缺乏提供具体运动建议的必要知识、培训或支持。
