Physical activity in puerperium period

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.02.37" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.02.37</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.02.37" target="_blank" >10.15405/epsbs.2019.02.37</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Physical activity in puerperium period

Original language description

Background: Puerperium is the period of 6 weeks after parturition. It typically brings anatomical and psychical changes. Physical exercises especially developed for puerperas are supposed to help women deal with such changes. Purpose: The aim of this study is to find out whether puerperas have been educated on the importance of physical exercises during pregnancy and whether they actively perform the exercise and in what way. Methods: Data from puerperas were collected by a questionnaire method. The questionnaires were anonymous and were distributed via gynaecological clinics in Brno city (Czech Republic) and via websites intended for women. Results: The work presents a survey of 217 puerperas. 39.2% of women have stated that they perform the exercises intended for puerperal period, and the main source of information was reported as the Internet (43.5% of respondents). Most women do exercise 2-3 times per week (an answer given by 63.5% of respondents), and the time duration of their exercising unit is typically up to 30 minutes (51.8% of respondents). The majority of women (71.8%) do exercise at home, and 60.8% of respondents do not do exercise in puerperial period at all. Conclusions: Physical activity in puerperium brings many benefits for a woman, concerning the recovery process and faster return of the body to the condition prior to pregnancy, as well as enhances physical and mental well-being. As emerged from this work, not all women are properly informed on the aforementioned benefits, therefore a proper education would be highly advisable.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Education and sports science in the 21st century

ISBN

9781802960549

Number of pages of the result

9

Pages from-to

288-296

Number of pages of the book

752

Publisher name

Universitatea Nationala de Educatie Fizica si Sport (UNEFS) Bucuresti

Place of publication

Bucharest

UT code for WoS chapter

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