Mental health and physical inactivity during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study nested in the BRISA cohort study

• Main Authors: Eliana Harumi Morioka Takahasi (Author), Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves (Author), Gilberto Sousa Alves (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author), Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista (Author), Vanda Maria Ferreira Simões (Author), Cristina Marta Del-Ben (Author), Marco Antonio Barbieri (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the association between mental health and physical inactivity in 1,447 pregnant women in the second trimester of pregnancy. Subjects answered the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Symptoms of depression and anxiety, and stres...