Effect of aerobic exercise during pregnancy on antenatal depression

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Table 1 Participants’ baseline characteristics

Sociodemographic variable	Group I exercise group (n=50)	Group II control group (n=50)
Age
20–25	14 (28.0%)	6 (12.0%)
26–30	31 (62.0%)	34 (68.0%)
31–35	5 (10.0%)	10 (20.0%)
Mean of age
Mean (SD)	26.7±2.3	28.4±2.6
Gravidity
Primigravida	28 (56.0%)	4 (8.0%)
Multigravida	22 (44.0%)	46 (92.0%)
Parity
p0	28 (56.0%)	4 (8.0%)
p1	11 (22.0%)	26 (52.0%)
p2	11 (22.0%)	19 (38.0%)
p3	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)
Employed
Yes	40 (80.0%)	27 (54.0%)
No	10 (20.0%)	23 (46.0%)

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Depression scores and severities in both groups

	Group I exercise group (n=50)	Group II control group (n=50)	P-valuea
Depression (mean ± SD)	20.2±6.4	20.0±6.7	0.9
Depression severity			0.9
Not depressed	9 (18.0)	9 (18.0)
Mild-to-moderate depression	17 (34.0)	15 (30.0)
Major depression	24 (48.0)	26 (52.0)
Depression after 3 months (mean ± SD)	14.8±5.3	20.0±6.7	<0.001
Depression severity after 3 months			<0.001
Not depressed	23 (46.0)	9 (18.0)
Mild-to-moderate depression	9 (18.0)	15 (30.0)
Major depression	4 (8.0)	26 (52.0)
P-valueb	<0.001	1.0

Notes:

a Differences were assessed using independent t-tests.

b Baseline and final values were compared using paired t-tests. P<0.05 was considered significant. Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated. Bold data is considered highly significant at P<0.001.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.