dc.contributor.advisor | Stafne, Signe Nilsen | nb_NO |
dc.contributor.author | Austad, Åshild | nb_NO |
dc.contributor.author | Forså, Marianne Inngjerdingen | nb_NO |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-19T14:17:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-19T14:17:27Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014-04-30 | nb_NO |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier | 715150 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/263237 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To assess whether following a standardized exercise program during pregnancy affects women’s experience of labor.
Methods: 855 healthy pregnant women were randomized to an intervention or a control group. The intervention group followed a 12 weeks standardized exercise program between gestational weeks 20 and 36. The program included aerobic and strengthening exercises of moderate to high-intensity. The control group followed standard antenatal care. At inclusion and three months postpartum participants completed written questionnaires covering the experience of labor.
Results: There was no difference in total experience of labor between the two groups. There was a statistically significant difference in pain experience and experience of the contractions in the fetal expulsion phase in favor of the control group, although not clinically significant .
Conclusion: These results suggest that exercise during pregnancy does not affect healthy pregnant women’s experience of labor neither in a positive nor negative way. Implications for clinical practice: Women should be encouraged to follow the standard recommendations for exercise in pregnancy, and be reassured that exercise does not affect the subjective experience of labor. | nb_NO |
dc.language | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det medisinske fakultet | nb_NO |
dc.title | The effect of antenatal exercise on women’s experience of labor: A randomized controlled trial | nb_NO |
dc.type | Master thesis | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 14 | nb_NO |
dc.contributor.department | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det medisinske fakultet | nb_NO |