Author, as appears in the article.: Silvente Troncoso C; Hern’ández-Mart’ínez C; Voltas Moreso N; Canals Sans J; Jard’í Piñana C; Basora Gallisà J; Arija Val V
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Psicologia
URV's Author/s: Arija Val, Maria Victoria / Basora Gallisa, Josep / Canals Sans, Josefa / Hernandez Martinez, Carmen / Jardí Piñana, Cristina / Silvente Troncoso, Cristina / Voltas Moreso, Núria
Keywords: Surveys and questionnaires Psysical activity intensity Prospective studies Pregnancy Postpartum period Postnatal depression Physical activity Neurodevelopment Infant, newborn Infant Humans Good health and well-being Follow-up studies Female Exercise Cognitive development Child development Adult women psysical activity intensity pregnancy neurodevelopment exercise cognitive development
Abstract: To investigate prospectively the impact of physical activity during pregnancy on infant neurodevelopment, considering relevant confounding factors, physical activity intensity and the trimester of pregnancy in which it is performed.Prospective follow-up study of 791 pregnant women from the first trimester of pregnancy to 40 days postpartum. Three intensity levels of physical activity were assessed in each trimester of pregnancy by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Infant neuro development was assessed at 40 days postpartum by the third edition of the Bayley Scales for Infant Development-Third Edition (BSID-III). Analysis adjusted by sociodemographics, anxiety symptoms, lifestyle habits, quality of diet, body mass index, postpartum depressive symptoms and mother-infant attachment.ANCOVA analysis have shown that 40 days old infants of mothers in the moderate and high PA groups in the third trimester obtained 3.2 and 3.8 points higher scores respectively in the language total scale; and 4.1 and 5.1 points higher scores respectively in the motor total scale than infants of mothers in the low PAgroup.Moderate to high intensity physical activity during pregnancy has a positive impact on infant neurodevelopment. More specific recommendations must be incorporated in international guidelines and into maternal education sessions to improve infants' neurodevelopment.
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Reproductive medicine Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Pediatrics, perinatology and child health Obstetrics and gynecology Medicina iii Medicina ii Interdisciplinar General psychology Enfermagem Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: cristina.jardi@urv.cat josep.basora@urv.cat nuria.voltas@urv.cat cristina.silvente@estudiants.urv.cat carmen.hernandez@urv.cat josep.basora@urv.cat josefa.canals@urv.cat victoria.arija@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7946-1488 0000-0001-8855-0282 0000-0001-6328-8679 0000-0002-6209-9558 0000-0002-1758-0975
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02646838.2022.2155626?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tab#Funding
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Journal Of Reproductive And Infant Psychology. 42 (4): 1-16
APA: Silvente Troncoso C; Hern’ández-Mart’ínez C; Voltas Moreso N; Canals Sans J; Jard’í Piñana C; Basora Gallisà J; Arija Val V (2024). Impact of physical activity during pregnancy on infant neurodevelopment. Journal Of Reproductive And Infant Psychology, 42(4), 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2022.2155626
Article's DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2022.2155626
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2024
Publication Type: Journal Publications