1. SARA RAMOS-FUSTER ♀
Information acquired: 2025
SARA RAMOS-FUSTER is an academic who published a paper in 2022 entitled Physical activity in pregnant women: Understanding Behaviour change from Transtheoretical Model. SARA RAMOS-FUSTER published this work as part of a team: Ramos-Fuster, Sara. Here is a description of this work: Bac,,ground: Pregnancy is associated with a decrease in physical activity (PA) despite its benefits. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) allows explaining the changed behaviour in health, and it can help understand health behaviour during pregnancy. Purpose: To evaluate the stages of change to perform PA during pregnancy according to TTM and describe the barriers and facilitators for each stage of change of TTM in pregnant women controlled in primary care. Methods: Healthy pregnant women (n=71) from primary care centres filled in a self-administered TTM questionnaire and an open-ended questionnaire about barriers and facilitators for each stage of change. For data analysis, was used inferential statistics using Chi2 and Wilcoxon tests (α=5%). Results: 79% of pregnant women were in inactive stages (pre-contemplation, contem.