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Rapid assessment of maternal activity among rural Indian mothers (Pune Maternal Nutrition Study)

Rapid assessment of maternal activity among rural Indian mothers (Pune Maternal Nutrition Study)
Rapid assessment of maternal activity among rural Indian mothers (Pune Maternal Nutrition Study)
Objective: To develop an activity questionnaire for objective and rapid assessment of maternal habitual physical activity with the aim of describing its relationship with birth size.
Design: Prospective observational study.
Setting: Six villages near Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Subjects: Seven hundred and ninety-seven rural Indian mothers were studied after excluding abortions and termination of pregnancies, foetal anomalies, etc.
Method: Principal components analysis (PCA) was used to identify a few leading questions from an elaborate questionnaire involving 36 questions related to 14 typical maternal activities.
Results: On the basis of high loading (>0.8), PCA identified three activities, i.e. farming, fetching water and washing clothes. Questions and sub-questions related to these activities only were considered for defining an activity score for rapid assessment. Validation of this new activity score, with the score based on the elaborate questionnaire, showed 70% sensitivity as well as specificity. New activity scores showed strong inverse relationships similar to those observed using the elaborate questionnaire, at early as well as late gestation, with neonatal head circumference (P=0.001 and 0.055) and mid-arm circumference (P=0.02 and 0.03).
Conclusions: Simple questionnaires, based on leading activities identified by PCA, can be as informative as longer and detailed questionnaires. This method has potential for adaptation, especially in rural communities in developing countries.
india, maternal activity, birth size, activity questionnaire
1368-9800
588-595
Kanade, A.N.
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Rao, S.
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Yajnik, C.S.
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Margetts, B.M.
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Fall, C.H.
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Kanade, A.N.
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Rao, S.
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Yajnik, C.S.
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Margetts, B.M.
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Fall, C.H.
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Kanade, A.N., Rao, S., Yajnik, C.S., Margetts, B.M. and Fall, C.H. (2005) Rapid assessment of maternal activity among rural Indian mothers (Pune Maternal Nutrition Study). Public Health Nutrition, 8 (6), 588-595. (doi:10.1079/PHN2004714).

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Objective: To develop an activity questionnaire for objective and rapid assessment of maternal habitual physical activity with the aim of describing its relationship with birth size.
Design: Prospective observational study.
Setting: Six villages near Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Subjects: Seven hundred and ninety-seven rural Indian mothers were studied after excluding abortions and termination of pregnancies, foetal anomalies, etc.
Method: Principal components analysis (PCA) was used to identify a few leading questions from an elaborate questionnaire involving 36 questions related to 14 typical maternal activities.
Results: On the basis of high loading (>0.8), PCA identified three activities, i.e. farming, fetching water and washing clothes. Questions and sub-questions related to these activities only were considered for defining an activity score for rapid assessment. Validation of this new activity score, with the score based on the elaborate questionnaire, showed 70% sensitivity as well as specificity. New activity scores showed strong inverse relationships similar to those observed using the elaborate questionnaire, at early as well as late gestation, with neonatal head circumference (P=0.001 and 0.055) and mid-arm circumference (P=0.02 and 0.03).
Conclusions: Simple questionnaires, based on leading activities identified by PCA, can be as informative as longer and detailed questionnaires. This method has potential for adaptation, especially in rural communities in developing countries.

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Published date: 2005
Keywords: india, maternal activity, birth size, activity questionnaire

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Local EPrints ID: 25702
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/25702
ISSN: 1368-9800
PURE UUID: 0b0b52d8-585a-449d-a521-8154c52ec45e
ORCID for C.H. Fall: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4402-5552

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Date deposited: 10 Apr 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:38

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Author: A.N. Kanade
Author: S. Rao
Author: C.S. Yajnik
Author: B.M. Margetts
Author: C.H. Fall ORCID iD

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