Skip to main content

Table 6 Differences in IMB factors and GWM behaviors of pregnant women with different parity and pre-pregnancy BMI

From: Empirical validation of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model of gestational weight management behavior: a framework for intervention

Factors

Information

Motivation

Behavioral skills

Weight management

Parity

Primipara (n = 257), mean (SD)

3.02(0.69)

3.91(0.85)

3.35(0.80)

2.62(0.59)

Multipara (n = 302), mean (SD)

3.00(0.66)

3.90(0.81)

3.36(0.86)

2.63(0.56)

t test (df)

0.44(557)

0.08(557)

-0.18(557)

-0.28(557)

p value

0.662

0.940

0.861

0.777

Pre-pregnancy BMI

Normal weight (n = 307), mean (SD)

3.02(0.70)

3.92(0.85)

3.41(0.83)

2.65(0.58)

Underweight (n = 45), mean (SD)

3.16(0.70)

3.99(0.87)

3.56(0.86)

2.57(0.57)

t test (df)

-1.26(350)

-0.48(350)

-1.12(350)

0.92(350)

p value

0.210

0.630

0.263

0.357

Normal weight (n = 307), mean (SD)

3.02(0.70)

3.92(0.85)

3.41(0.83)

2.65(0.58)

Overweight &obesity (n = 203), mean (SD)

2.96(0.62)

3.86(0.79)

3.22(0.81)

2.59(0.55)

t test (df)

0.90(508)

0.88(508)

2.61(508)

1.19(508)

p value

0.370

0.378

0.009

0.234