TY - JOUR
T1 - Health-enhancing physical activity behaviour and related factors in postpartum women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus
AU - Koh, Denise
AU - Miller, Yvette D.
AU - Marshall, Alison L.
AU - Brown, Wendy J.
AU - McIntyre, David
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by Diabetes Australia Research Trust, The University of Queensland's Enabling Grants Scheme, and the National University of Malaysia PhD Scholarship. We are grateful to NDSS for creating the sampling database and collaborating with us to provide access to participants.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - This is one of the first studies to explore known preventive behaviours for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) among women with recent gestational diabetes (GDM), and the first to do so in a representative population sample. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of health-enhancing physical activity (PA) and explore its association with psychosocial and sociodemographic factors, in postnatal women with recent GDM. Cross-sectional telephone surveys were conducted among Queensland women with a recent history (≥6 months and ≤3 years since diagnosis) of GDM (N = 331), which included measures on PA behaviour, social support and self-efficacy for regular PA. The prevalence of health-enhancing PA among women with recent GDM was 37.2%. In multivariate analysis, both social support (OR = 1.06, 95% CI 1.03-1.09) and self-efficacy (OR = 1.04, 95% CI 1.004-1.07) were significantly associated with health-enhancing PA. The findings from this study demonstrate the need for postnatal follow-up to increase PA levels in women with recent GDM as this may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in this at-risk population. Strategies that address social support and self-efficacy for PA may be effective in increasing health-enhancing PA among women with recent GDM.
AB - This is one of the first studies to explore known preventive behaviours for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) among women with recent gestational diabetes (GDM), and the first to do so in a representative population sample. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of health-enhancing physical activity (PA) and explore its association with psychosocial and sociodemographic factors, in postnatal women with recent GDM. Cross-sectional telephone surveys were conducted among Queensland women with a recent history (≥6 months and ≤3 years since diagnosis) of GDM (N = 331), which included measures on PA behaviour, social support and self-efficacy for regular PA. The prevalence of health-enhancing PA among women with recent GDM was 37.2%. In multivariate analysis, both social support (OR = 1.06, 95% CI 1.03-1.09) and self-efficacy (OR = 1.04, 95% CI 1.004-1.07) were significantly associated with health-enhancing PA. The findings from this study demonstrate the need for postnatal follow-up to increase PA levels in women with recent GDM as this may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in this at-risk population. Strategies that address social support and self-efficacy for PA may be effective in increasing health-enhancing PA among women with recent GDM.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.10.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 19119066
AN - SCOPUS:72149097866
SN - 1440-2440
VL - 13
SP - 42
EP - 45
JO - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
JF - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
IS - 1
ER -
