Pre- and Postnatal Women's Leisure Time Physical Activity Patterns: A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Cramp, Anita G.; Bray, Steven R.
Titel	Pre- and Postnatal Women's Leisure Time Physical Activity Patterns: A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 80 (2009) 3, S.403-411 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
Schlagwörter	Females; Pregnancy; Mothers; Physical Activity Level; Leisure Time; Behavior Change; Behavior Patterns; Predictor Variables; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Schwangerschaft; Mother; Mutter; Freizeit; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine women's leisure time physical activity (LTPA) before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and through the first 7 months postnatal. Pre- and postnatal women (n = 309) completed the 12-month Modifiable Activity Questionnaire and demographic information. Multilevel modeling was used to estimate a growth curve representing the average change in LTPA over time and intraindividual variations in the average growth curve over time. Growth curve estimates for the linear, quadratic, and cubic trends were significant (p less than 0.05), indicating that LTPA declined during pregnancy but then increased following birth. The results also demonstrated that the individual trajectories of LTPA varied substantially from the average growth curve. One demographic predictor variable (having other children at home) was significant (p less than 0.05). (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10