Year: 2025 | Month: October-December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 69-77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/gijash.20250410
Postpartum Exercises: Perceived Barriers and Self-efficacy Among Women Admitted in Postnatal Ward in Jalgaon
Dr. Shruti Agrawal1, Dr. Riya Agrawal2
1Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Dr Ulhas Patil College of Physiotherapy, Jalgaon.
2Assistant Professor, Dr Ulhas Patil College of Physiotherapy, Jalgaon.
Corresponding Author: Shruti Anil Agrawal
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The postpartum period is the six-week interval from the newborn's birth until the reproductive organs return to their usual prepregnant state. Postpartum exercise is a regular exercise that prevents potential postnatal complications and increases maternal strength and capability to undertake physical and mental tasks after childbirth.
Aim: To evaluate postnatal exercises' perceived barriers and self-efficacy among postnatal women.
Objectives: To assess the perceived barriers to postpartum exercise among women admitted to the postnatal ward. To evaluate the level of self-efficacy towards postpartum exercise among women admitted to the postnatal ward.
Methodology: This cross-sectional research involved 104 postpartum women. The outcome measures were the Exercise Barriers Scale and the Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale. Data were analysed using Ms Excel and Minitab 17 and summarised using descriptive statistics ( mean and standard deviation).
Results: Our findings reveal that the majority of participants demonstrated moderate levels of both self-efficacy (68.27%) and perceived barriers (68.27%), Our study found that only 2.88% of postpartum women exhibited high self-efficacy for exercise, while 28.85% reported low self-efficacy. A small proportion of participants (15.38%) reported low perceived barriers, with scores. In contrast, high perceived barriers were observed among 16.35% of the women, whose scores fell between 43 and 56.
Conclusion- The study concluded that the majority of postpartum women exhibited moderate levels of self-efficacy and perceived barriers toward engaging in postnatal exercise, indicating a balance between motivation and constraints in adopting physical activity during the postpartum period
Keywords: Self-efficacy, Postpartum period, Postnatal care
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