Mental health and sleep quality of low-income mothers of one-year-olds during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent social restrictions created an unprecedented context for families raising young children. Although studies have documented detrimental effects of the pandemic on maternal well-being, less is known about how the pandemic specifically impacted low-income mothers. We examined depression, anxiety, and sleep quality among low-income mothers of one-year-olds during the early months of the pandemic using data from the Baby's First Years study. Focusing on the control group (n = 547), we compared mothers interviewed before March 14th, 2020 (n = 342) to mothers interviewed between March 14th and June 30th, 2020 (n = 205) to determine whether the pandemic was associated with differences in mental health and sleep quality. Mothers were recruited from four cities i

SUBMITTER: Premo EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403317 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature