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CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON ASSOCIATION BETWEEN POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND INFANT SLEEP
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Aim: Aim of this study was to examine the association between the occurrence of postpartum depressive symptoms and the characteristics associated with the infant sleep. Method: Participants for a web-based study were recruited from two hospital birth centers in Slovakia, the convenient sampling method was used. Together 204 women 6-8 weeks postpartum filled out an online questionnaire (mean age 30.9В±4.8, age range: 20-44; 78.9% vaginal births; 56.9% primiparas). Slovak version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used. Characteristics of infant sleep were measured using the following questions: 1. Perceived sleeping problems of infant, 2. Duration of infant night sleep 3. Interrupted night sleep 4. Duration of day sleep of the infant. Descriptive statistics and Student's t-test for independent samples were employed. Results: Respondents who reported shorter infant night sleep (less than 8 hours) had significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to women who reported longer infant sleep (8 hours and more) during the night (p?0.05), Similarly, women who perceived their infant as having sleeping problems scored significantly higher in EPDS compared to women who reported no sleeping problems of their infant (p?0.01). No significant differences were found according to the duration of infant day sleep or according to interrupted night sleep. Conclusion: Significant differences in depression levels were found among postpartum women according to perceived sleeping problems of infant, and the duration of infant night sleep. It is important to focus more attention on the role of infant sleeping problems as a possible risk factor for the increased occurrence of depressive symptoms among postpartum women. Infant sleep improving interventions may reduce the risk of developing depression among postpartum women.
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