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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2008 Feb;70(2):215-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.10.017.

Development and evaluation of a multimedia CD-ROM for exercise during pregnancy and postpartum

Heather A Hausenblas  1 , Britton W Brewer, Judy L Van Raalte, Brian Cook, Danielle Symons Downs, Carol Ann Weis, Claudio Nigg, Amelia Cruz
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Development and evaluation of a multimedia CD-ROM for exercise during pregnancy and postpartum

Heather A Hausenblas et al. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: To meet the need for an interactive product on exercise during pregnancy and postpartum, we developed and evaluated a personally tailored multimedia CD-ROM.

Methods: Pregnant and postpartum women, who were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (PregXercise CD-ROM) or the control group (CD-ROM with neutral content), navigated through the CD-ROM for 1 h. Main outcomes were exercise self-efficacy and knowledge.

Results: In analyses of covariance, compared with the control group, the experimental group had significant increases in self-efficacy and knowledge.

Conclusion: The multimedia CD-ROM delivering information about exercise motivation, guidelines, and prescription was effective in improving exercise self-efficacy and knowledge.

Practice implications: Our preliminary results illustrate that healthcare professionals and researchers may use interactive multimedia for improving exercise behavior and related outcomes with pregnant and postpartum women.

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PregXercise™: A multimedia CD-ROM for exercise during pregnancy and postpartum guided the theory of planned behavior and the transtheoretical model.
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