Table 3.
Pregnancy physical activity questionnaire (MET minutes per day)
| Usual care | Intervention | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Mean | (sd) | Number | Mean | (sd) | |
| Total Activity: | ||||||
| 12 weeks | 34 | 2665.9 | (1214.4) | 38 | 2634.6 | (1211.3) |
| 28 weeks | 21 | 2242.3 | (1128.1) | 31 | 2136.1 | (1247.6) |
| 38 weeks | 22 | 1831.7 | (843.6) | 17 | 1964.7 | (1356.2) |
| Postnatal | 27 | 2337.2 | (725.3) | 24 | 2417.9 | (760.1) |
| Vigorous: | ||||||
| 12 weeks | 35 | 23.7 | (44.4) | 39 | 29.3 | (54.8) |
| 28 weeks | 23 | 12.8 | (29.7) | 31 | 25.1 | (49.1) |
| 38 weeks | 24 | 8.2 | (16.0) | 18 | 20.1 | (28.8) |
| Postnatal | 27 | 34.5 | (55.0) | 25 | 24.2 | (30.8) |
| Moderate: | ||||||
| 12 weeks | 35 | 1098.6 | (1003.4) | 38 | 972.2 | (770.3) |
| 28 weeks | 22 | 784.7 | (728.4) | 31 | 623.6 | (821.2) |
| 38 weeks | 23 | 512.7 | (488.0) | 18 | 534.6 | (749.8) |
| Postnatal | 27 | 927.7 | (472.4) | 25 | 1039.9 | (731.3) |
| Light: | ||||||
| 12 weeks | 34 | 1056.8 | (511.2) | 38 | 949.4 | (609.6) |
| 28 weeks | 22 | 948.8 | (532.3) | 31 | 813.1 | (514.1) |
| 38 weeks | 23 | 830.9 | (475.0) | 17 | 777.4 | (504.5) |
| Postnatal | 27 | 1055.2 | (340.3) | 24 | 1131.8 | (355.9) |
| Sedentary: | ||||||
| 12 weeks | 35 | 564.2 | (228.8) | 39 | 683.4 | (312.9) |
| 28 weeks | 22 | 528.5 | (231.0) | 31 | 674.3 | (335.1) |
| 38 weeks | 23 | 451.6 | (197.0) | 18 | 616.8 | (393.9) |
| Postnatal | 27 | 319.8 | (179.2) | 25 | 325.4 | (202.9) |
Total physical activity scores are based on all subscales of the PPAQ including household, work and sport but the individual scores for these subscales not reported. 12 weeks refers to baseline assessment