TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward exercises among women visiting an infertility clinic
T2 - A cross-sectional study
AU - Gundimi, Shashwathi
AU - Krishna Rao, Bhamini
AU - Bailey, Ajay
AU - Kumar, Pratap
AU - Nair, Vipin
AU - Velingkar, Kiransha R.
AU - Ramachandra, Preetha
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article. We acknowledge all the participants for their contribution of data to the study.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399332.2022.2091569
DO - 10.1080/07399332.2022.2091569
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133237091
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 44
SP - 473
EP - 486
JO - Issues in Health Care of Women
JF - Issues in Health Care of Women
IS - 4
ER -