AbstractBackground and aim:Prenatal care is one of the most confident and basic services to protect fetomaternalhealth. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of physical exercise on level of generalhealth of pregnant women.Materials and Methods:This was a quasi-experimental clinical trial study. The research samplesincluded 60 primigravid women referred to the prenatal-care clinic of Baghiatallah hospital inTehran. The participants were randomly divided to two experimental and control groups. Theexperimental group was trained for 1.5-2 hours in groups with 3 to 4 members and then they beganto practice. No training was performed for control group. Level of general health of two groups wasinvestigated by general health questionnaire (GHQ-28), before and 8 weeks after the intervention.Data were analyzed by analytic and descriptive statistical testes.Findings:Sixty primigravid women with average age of 26/77 years and average gestational age of8/13 weeks participated in the study. The education level of majority of participants was highschooldiploma and they have no history of exercise during pregnancy. Before intervention, the total scoresfor GHQ were 38/06 and 29/46 in experimental and control groups, respectively. After intervention,the total scores were 19/2 and 27/5 in experimental and control groups, respectively. T test showed asignificant difference between two groups his before and after the intervention (p<0/05). The meanscores for all dimension of general health showed significant difference between two groups ofstudy (p<0/05).Conclusion:Results showed the positive effects of physical exercises on physical and psychosocialdimension of general health of pregnant women.Keywords:Pregnant women, Physical exercise, General healthCorresponding Author:Azam Sadeghi, Master of Science in Nursing, Akhtar Hospital, ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,IranEmail: [email protected] R Pelaez M Montejo R et al (2011). 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