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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nurs. 2022 Jan 17;39(4):744–751. doi: 10.1111/phn.13051

TABLE 3.

Aerobic RAPA activity level changes from mid-pregnancy to late pregnancy

Late Pregnancy n (%)
Aerobic RAPA RAPA = 0 sedentary (n = 11) =1 under-active (n = 6) = 2 under-activelight activities (n = 35) = 3 under-active regular (n = 21) =4 Active (n = 88)
Mid-pregnancy RAPA = 0 (n = 13) 6 (46%) 2 (15%)   3 (23%) 1 (8%)   1 (8%)

RAPA = 1 (n = 3) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)   2 (67%) 1 (33%)   0 (0%)

RAPA = 2 (n = 36) 3 (8%) 2 (6%) 14 (39%) 7 (19%) 10 (28%)

RAPA = 3 (n = 20) 1 (5%) 1 (5%)   2 (10%) 4 (20%) 12 (60%)

RAPA = 4 (n = 89) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 14 (16%) 8 (9%) 65 (73%)

Abbreviation: RAPA, Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity.