Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward exercises among women visiting an infertility clinic: A cross-sectional study. Issue 4 (3rd April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gundimi, Shashwathi; Krishna Rao, Bhamini; Bailey, Ajay; Kumar, Pratap; Nair, Vipin; Velingkar, Kiransha R.; Ramachandra, Preetha
• Is Part Of: Health care for women international. Volume 44:Issue 4(2023)
• Page Start: 473
• Page End: 486
• Publication Date: 2023-04-03
• Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Genital Diseases, Female; Neonatology; Obstetrics; Women -- psychology; Femmes -- Santé et hygiène -- Périodiques; Femmes -- Santé, Services de -- Périodiques; 613.0424405
• DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2091569
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0739-9332

Abstract

Abstract: Globally, there is a rising prevalence of infertility, and it has a negative consequence on the quality of life of women. The researchers aimed to understand the knowledge, attitude, and practice of women with infertility toward exercises. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 332 women aged between 18 and 45 years attending an infertility clinic in a tertiary hospital in Southern India. Participants filled a self-developed, content validated, pilot-tested questionnaire. Informants perceived stress and weight gain to be the major causes of infertility. Exercise was believed to improve fertilization by 55.4% of the participants, and walking and yoga were the preferred mode of exercises.