Pregnant Women’s Attitudes and Beliefs towards Sleep and Exercise: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Attitudes and Beliefs Surrounding Sleep during Pregnancy
2.2. Attitudes and Beliefs towards Exercise
2.3. Attitudes and Beliefs towards the Safety of Exercise during Pregnancy
2.4. Beliefs Surrounding the Importance of Sleep and Exercise during Pregnancy
2.5. Barriers to Exercise during Pregnancy
2.6. Barriers to Sleep during Pregnancy
2.7. Attitudes and Beliefs towards Sleep Disturbance by Trimester
3. Discussion
3.1. Attitudes and Beliefs towards Sleep and Exercise
3.2. Pregnant Women’s Beliefs Surrounding the Use of Exercise to Improve Sleep
3.3. Barriers to Achieving Good Sleep and Engaging in Healthy Levels of Exercise
3.4. Implications
3.5. Limitations
3.6. Future Directions
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Participants
4.2. Procedure and Materials
4.3. Statistical Analyses
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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n | % | ||
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Age | 17–30 | 98 | 37.98 |
31–42 | 160 | 62.01 | |
Trimester | First | 46 | 17.89 |
Second | 109 | 42.41 | |
Third | 95 | 36.96 | |
Parity | Primiparous | 187 | 72.48 |
Multiparous | 71 | 27.52 | |
Marital status | Married | 171 | 66.28 |
Partnered | 82 | 31.78 | |
Single | 5 | 1.94 | |
Education | Less than year 10 | 1 | 0.39 |
Year 10 or equivalent | 6 | 2.33 | |
Year 12 or equivalent | 24 | 9.30 | |
TAFE/VET Qualification | 33 | 12.79 | |
Bachelor degree | 114 | 44.19 | |
Postgraduate degree | 80 | 31.01 | |
Employment status | Employed full-time | 154 | 59.69 |
Employed part-time | 61 | 23.64 | |
Currently not employed | 21 | 8.14 | |
Full-time carer of children | 22 | 8.53 | |
Annual household income | <$30,000 | 9 | 3.49 |
$30,001–$50,000 | 12 | 4.65 | |
$50,001–$70,000 | 14 | 5.43 | |
$70,001–$100,000 | 31 | 12.02 | |
$100,001–$120,000 | 41 | 15.89 | |
$120,001–$150,000 | 40 | 15.50 | |
>$150,000 | 94 | 36.43 | |
Unsure/prefer not to say | 17 | 6.59 |
Question: How important do you believe sleep is in ensuring you have a healthy pregnancy and birth? | Response | n (242) | % |
Very important | 188 | 77.69% | |
Somewhat important | 49 | 20.25% | |
Neutral | 4 | 1.65% | |
Not very important | 0 | 0.00% | |
Not important at all | 1 | 0.41% | |
Question: How important do you believe exercise is in ensuring you have a healthy pregnancy and birth? | Response | n (65) | % |
Very important | 38 | 58.46% | |
Somewhat important | 21 | 32.31% | |
Neutral | 6 | 9.23% | |
Not very important | 0 | 0.00% | |
Not important at all | 0 | 0.00% | |
Question: Do you believe participating in more exercise during pregnancy would: | Response | n (244) | % |
Improve the quality of your sleep | 164 | 67.21% | |
Make the quality of your sleep worse | 4 | 1.64% | |
Have no difference | 76 | 31.15% |
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Cannon, S.; Hayman, M.; Lastella, M. Pregnant Women’s Attitudes and Beliefs towards Sleep and Exercise: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Clocks & Sleep 2023, 5, 34-44. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep5010004
Cannon S, Hayman M, Lastella M. Pregnant Women’s Attitudes and Beliefs towards Sleep and Exercise: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Clocks & Sleep. 2023; 5(1):34-44. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep5010004
Chicago/Turabian StyleCannon, Summer, Melanie Hayman, and Michele Lastella. 2023. "Pregnant Women’s Attitudes and Beliefs towards Sleep and Exercise: A Cross-Sectional Survey" Clocks & Sleep 5, no. 1: 34-44. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep5010004