Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31095086›Full record

SynthesisMedicine and science in sports and exercise2019

Benefits of Physical Activity during Pregnancy and Postpartum: An Umbrella Review.

Loretta Dipietro, Kelly R Evenson, Bonny Bloodgood, Kyle Sprow, Richard P Troiano, Katrina L Piercy, Alison Vaux-Bjerke, Kenneth E Powell, 2018 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE*

Open access · greenAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 235 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
235citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
35.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

235 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 451 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Pooled it
  7. Pooled it
  8. Pooled it
  9. Pooled it
  10. Pooled it
  11. Can Group Exercise Programs Improve Health Outcomes in Pregnant Women? An Updated Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
    Pooled it
  12. Pooled it
  13. Trial
  14. Trial
  15. Trial
  16. Trial
  17. Trial
  18. Trial
  19. Trial
  20. Trial

175 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Loretta DipietroMilken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Kelly R EvensonDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Bonny BloodgoodICF, Fairfax, VA.
Kyle SprowDivision of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.
Richard P TroianoDivision of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.
Katrina L PiercyOffice of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.
Alison Vaux-BjerkeOffice of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.
Kenneth E PowellCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
2018 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE*
National Cancer Institute · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USGeorge Washington University · USICF International (United States) · USOffice of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion · USOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Health · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to summarize the evidence from the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report, including new evidence from an updated search of the effects of physical activity on maternal health during pregnancy and postpartum.

methodsAn initial search was undertaken to identify systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between 2006 and 2016. An updated search then identified additional systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between January 2017 and February 2018. The searches were conducted in PubMed®, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library and supplemented through hand searches of reference lists of included articles and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

resultsThe original and updated searches yielded a total of 76 systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Strong evidence demonstrated that moderate-intensity physical activity reduced the risk of excessive gestational weight gain, gestational diabetes, and symptoms of postpartum depression. Limited evidence suggested an inverse relationship between physical activity and risk of preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, and antenatal anxiety and depressive symptomology. Insufficient evidence was available to determine the effect of physical activity on postpartum weight loss, postpartum anxiety, and affect during both pregnancy and postpartum. For all health outcomes, there was insufficient evidence to determine whether the relationships varied by age, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or prepregnancy weight status.

conclusionsThe gestational period is an opportunity to promote positive health behaviors that can have both short- and long-term benefits for the mother. Given the low prevalence of physical activity in young women in general, and the high prevalence of obesity and cardiometabolic diseases among the U.S. population, the public health importance of increasing physical activity in women of childbearing age before, during, and after pregnancy is substantial.

Indexed as

ExerciseBiomedical ResearchDepression, PostpartumFemaleGestational Weight GainHumansMaternal HealthPostpartum PeriodPractice Guidelines as TopicPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsSocioeconomic FactorsWeight Loss

Identifiers

PMID31095086
PMCPMC6527310
OpenAlexW2945609608

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.