Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Among Pregnant Women at High Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in China: A Cross-Sectional Study
The study found that Chinese pregnant women at high risk for GDM had a moderate level of physical activity self-efficacy, which had 4 predictors. Healthcare professionals should make efforts to enhance pregnant women's social support, knowledge, and intention to do physical activity and decrease their anxiety symptoms to improve their physical activity self-efficacy.
Authors
- Hui Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6817-5611)
- Ji Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-9608)
- Jing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9684-8654)
- Yingli Song
- Lingling Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0159-4344)
- Xiao Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9719-3678)
- Yan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3286-3516)
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s489118
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China