Maternal Exercise and Antenatal Anxiety

Shenzhen University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: maternal exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04624802

20200601031-FS01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial study. We evaluate effectiveness of maternal exercise on anxiety during normal pregnancy compared to those who receive antenatal care regularly. We plan to recruit 220 healthy pregnant women over the age of 18 in Shenzhen and to use a standard maternal exercise from Korea as intervention.

Enrollment: 220 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women who are over 18 years old and confirmed to be pregnant in Shenzhen Dapeng New District.

Exclusion criteria

• 1.pregnant women who have accepted maternal exercise training (at least twice a week in last month);2.pregnant women who have orthopedics, cardiovascular or mental diseases; 3.pregnant women who have or had any condition as follows:miscarriage more than two times,premature delivery,placenta previa,fetal dysplasia, low weight before pregnancy (BMI <17.5),polycyesis,preeclampsia,premature rupture of membranes,Uterine growth retardation,cervical/ligation,repeated vaginal bleeding,anemia or diabetes; 4.the gestational age is less than 12 weeks or more than 16 weeks;5.received psychotherapy or psychotropic medication within 6 months before the study;6.can not participate in regular inspections.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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220 participants in 2 patient groups

maternal exercise training group

Experimental group

Description:

Pregnant women in experimental group are invited to participate in 16 exercise weekly classes for 40 min including 15 min aerobic exercise，10 min relaxation exercise, and 15 min aerobic exercise, from week 16 to week 32 of gestation, and receive antenatal care and examination regularly.

Treatment:

Behavioral: maternal exercise

antenatal care group

No Intervention group

Description:

Pregnant women in antenatal care group receive antenatal care and examination regularly.