ASSESSMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN ATTITUDE TOWAEDS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE DURING PREGNANCY: AMONG ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE AT HEALTH CENTERS ADOLA WOYU HOSPITAL AND WADERAWOREDA EAST GUJI, OROMIA, ETHIOPIA

Being physical inactivity during pregnancy increases the risks of pregnancy related complication.<br> Consequently, around 830 thousand of pregnant women were pass way every day worldwide.<br> However, having adequate knowledge helps to do physical exercise during pregnancy in order to<br> avoid these pathologies and its sequel later in life. Therefore, this aimed to assess pregnant women<br> attitude towards physical activity and exercise during pregnancy: Among attending antenatal care<br> at health centers Adola woyu hospital and Wadera woreda east Guji, Oromia, Ethiopia 2014. A<br> Health facility based cross-sectional quantitative study design was employed and 212 of<br> participant were invited. Data entered and analyzed by SPSS version 25. Chi square was used to<br> identify possible predictors. And OR and 95% CI were used to measure strength of associations<br> at p-value of &lt;0.05. About 32.2% and 29.6% pregnant women were knowledgeable and interested<br> about antenatal exercise respectively. Significant associations were found between knowledge of<br> antenatal exercise, interest of pregnant and behavior of physical activity and exercise has positive<br> significant or less than 0.05 for p-value. Moreover, experience of physical exercise before<br> pregnancy was found a significant influence on practice with exercise. This study indicated<br> majority of the participant were not knowledgeable, interested and not good behavior about<br> antenatal exercise and level of practice of antenatal exercise is very low. Therefore, health care<br> providers and other respective bodies should be creating awareness about Antenatal exercise to<br> prevent pregnancy-related complication.