Infantile atopic dermatitis - increasing severity predicts negative impacts on maternal and infant sleep: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While the impacts of atopic dermatitis (AD) on maternal and child sleep outcomes have been previously explored, less is known about the associations between infantile AD and sleep quality and quantity.

Objective

To describe the perceived causes of AD-associated maternal sleep disturbances and the association between AD severity and infant sleep outcomes.

Methods

Mothers with infants aged < 19 months old with a diagnosis of AD were recruited from social media and medical clinics in Winnipeg, Canada between October 2021 and May 2022. Infant AD severity was classified using maternal-reported data on the Patient-Oriented Scoring Atopic Dermatitis tool (PO-SCORAD). Quantitative data were collected via a series of questionnaires with a subset of mothers subsequen

SUBMITTER: Harbottle Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10960393 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature