Physical activity and blood pressure during pregnancy: Mediation by anxiety symptoms

Wu, Yan; Wang, Xu; Kuang, Hualong; Chen, Ying; Baktash, Mohammad Basir; Eskenazi, Brenda; Ye, Lin; Fang, Kacey; Xia, Yankai

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.056

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“…Previous research has shown various protective factors for anxiety, such as self-efficacy ( 13 ), coping style ( 14 ), and social support ( 15 ). A positive role for physical activity in the prevention of anxiety has also been shown in several types of recent studies ( 16 – 18 ). Physical fitness can be defined as the capacity to perform physical activity ( 19 ), and physical fitness is more predictive of health outcomes than is physical activity in children ( 20 ).…”

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Association Between Physical Fitness and Anxiety in Children: A Moderated Mediation Model of Agility and Resilience

Xia

Meng

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Front. Public Health

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Background: Anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental health problems in children. Although physical fitness as a predictor of mental health, the mechanisms underlying any association between physical fitness and anxiety in children have been understudied. Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine whether an association exists between physical fitness and anxiety and to explore the roles of agility and resilience in such an association. Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated 269 children aged 7 to 12 years from three public primary schools in Shanghai (China). Physical fitness and agility were objectively measured, and resilience and anxiety were assessed using self-reported questionnaires. The moderated mediation model was examined using the SPSS PROCESS macro, in which the moderator variable was agility, and the mediator variable was resilience. Results: Physical fitness was inversely associated with anxiety. Resilience partially and indirectly mediated this association, and agility moderated the association between physical fitness and resilience. Physical fitness had a greater impact on resilience in children with higher agility levels. Conclusions: Agility moderated the mediation of resilience on the indirect, inverse association between physical fitness and anxiety; thus, incorporating methods to develop agility and resilience may lead to better outcomes for physical fitness programs designed to prevent or alleviate anxiety in children.

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Association Between Physical Fitness and Anxiety in Children: A Moderated Mediation Model of Agility and Resilience

Xia

Meng

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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“…The restrictive measures imposed, as a consequence of the crisis, have dual effects during PHEs, and a balance between epidemic control and mental pressure is required, taking into consideration the availability of medical resources. 12,31,43 Meanwhile, the rationale of opening 'green channel' for pregnant women has merit, as does support for this special group in the quarantine zones.…”

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“…Pregnant women, as a vulnerable population, 11 may be of a particular concern, as anxiety has been described as a common psychological problem during pregnancy. 12 Recent discussions of pregnancies during the COVID-19 outbreak have mainly focused on the therapeutic aspects; [13][14][15] little is known regarding mental status and psychological needs.…”

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Prenatal anxiety and obstetric decisions among pregnant women in Wuhan and Chongqing during the COVID‐19 outbreak: a cross‐sectional study

Liu

Chen

Wang

et al. 2020

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Objectives To investigate the mental status of pregnant women and to determine their obstetric decisions during the COVID‐19 outbreak. Design Cross‐sectional study. Setting Two cities in China––Wuhan (epicentre) and Chongqing (a less affected city). Population A total of 1947 pregnant women. Methods We collected demographic, pregnancy and epidemic information from our pregnant subjects, along with their attitudes towards COVID‐19 (using a self‐constructed five‐point scale). The Self‐Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) was used to assess anxiety status. Obstetric decision‐making was also evaluated. The differences between cities in all of the above factors were compared and the factors that influenced anxiety levels were identified by multivariable analysis. Main outcome measures Anxiety status and its influencing factors. Obstetric decision‐making. Results Differences were observed between cities in some background characteristics and women's attitudes towards COVID‐19 in Wuhan were more extreme. More women in Wuhan felt anxious (24.5 versus 10.4%). Factors that influenced anxiety also included household income, subjective symptom and attitudes. Overall, obstetric decisions also revealed city‐based differences; these decisions mainly concerned hospital preference, time of prenatal care or delivery, mode of delivery and infant feeding. Conclusions The outbreak aggravated prenatal anxiety and the associated factors could be targets for psychological care. In parallel, key obstetric decision‐making changed, emphasising the need for pertinent professional advice. Special support is essential for pregnant mothers during epidemics. Tweetable abstract The COVID‐19 outbreak increased pregnant women's anxiety and affected their decision‐making.

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“…Physical activity (PA) [13][14][15] plays an important role of improving glycemic control [16] in type 2 diabetes (T2D) as shown in Figure 1 [17]. Moreover, PA achieves several healthcare goals such as [18,19], reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) [20,21], increasing the vigour [22], reducing levels of triglyceride-rich VLDL [23], decreasing the insulin resistance [24,25], improving the blood pressure (BP) [26,27], preventing the obesity [28,29], reducing the mortality [30,31] [32,33], enhance cognitive performance [34], enhance the mood [35], and increasing the energy expenditure [36,37]. In recent years, several glucose-monitoring techniques have been conducted [38][39][40][41][42].…”

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A review of wearable sensors based monitoring with daily physical activity to manage type 2 diabetes

AlShorman

Alshorman²,

Alkahtani

2021

IJECE

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Globally, the aging and the lifestyle lead to rabidly increment of the number of type two diabetes (T2D) patients. Critically, T2D considers as one of the most challenging healthcare issue. Importantly, physical activity (PA) plays a vital role of improving glycemic control T2D. However, daily monitoring of T2D using wearable devices/ sensors have a crucial role to monitor glucose levels in the blood. Nowadays, daily physical activity (PA) and exercises have been used to manage T2D. The main contribution of the proposed study is to review the literature about managing and monitoring T2D with daily PA through wearable devices and sensors. Finally, challenges and future trends are also highlighted.

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Physical activity and blood pressure during pregnancy: Mediation by anxiety symptoms

Cited by 15 publications

References 47 publications

Association Between Physical Fitness and Anxiety in Children: A Moderated Mediation Model of Agility and Resilience

Association Between Physical Fitness and Anxiety in Children: A Moderated Mediation Model of Agility and Resilience

Prenatal anxiety and obstetric decisions among pregnant women in Wuhan and Chongqing during the COVID‐19 outbreak: a cross‐sectional study

A review of wearable sensors based monitoring with daily physical activity to manage type 2 diabetes

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