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  title info:
    title: Physical activity and its associated factors among pregnant women in an urban health clinic in Kuantan,Pahang
  name:
    name part: Aslam, Fatima
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Department of Community Medicine
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 2021
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xv, 106 leaves : colour illustrations ; 30cm.
  abstract: Co-morbidities such as obesity, gestational diabetes and pregnancy induced hypertension during pregnancy can be dangerous to mother and fetus. Regular physical activity during pregnancy not only maintains maternal and fetal wellbeing, but it also maintains physical fitness and brings various health benefits. However, many women reduced their physical activities during pregnancy. The objective of this study was to measure the prevalence, level and factors contributing to physical activity among pregnant women during pregnancy and identify the barriers that could prevent a pregnant woman from doing physical activities. This was a cross-sectional study involving 168 pregnant women aged 18-35 years between 12-35 weeks of gestation attended a primary health clinic in Kuantan, Pahang. Their socio-demographic characteristics were recorded, and three sets of questionnaires were used; validated Malay version of IPAQ (short-form) for assessing physical activity, DASS -21 Malay version for evaluating psychological symptoms and a pre-tested questionnaire for assessing barriers for physical activity. Chi-square test, Fishers exact test, Independent t-test and multiple logistic regression were conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics version 23.0. Significant level was set at p value <0.05. The mean (SD) age was 28.0(3.6) and majority of them were Malay ethnicity from B40 group. Two third (74.4%) had tertiary education and 66.7% were working mothers. More than half (53.0%) of the participants were overweight and obese. Among 168 respondents, 24.4% had moderate level of physical activity, but the majority (76.0%) had low-level physical activity. Likewise, about 78.6% were physically inactive and only 22.0% physically active during pregnancy. For the barriers, we found that 58.0% of the participants had leg cramp, 63.1% felt fatigue, 80.4% had backache and 46.4% had epigastric discomfort. We have not found any significant factors associated with physical activity level. Majority of the …
  note: by Fatima Aslam
  note: Thesis (MMDSC)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2021.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-71).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/10637
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 210921
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng