Longitudinal assessment of sleep and fatigue according to baby feeding method in postpartum women: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor subjective sleep quality, depressive symptoms and fatigue occur frequently in postpartum. However, the dynamics of their respective associations from prepartum throughout the maternity period in function of baby feeding method have not been fully elucidated.

Methods

Prospective, longitudinal study using validated questionnaires probing for sleep quality, insomnia, fatigue and depressive symptoms at 35-37 weeks of gestation and at 2, 8 and 12 weeks postpartum in the obstetric departments of two Flemish hospitals. Somers'd ordinal correlation was used for correlations between the results of questionnaires (ratio variables) and the feeding method variable (an ordinal variable); T tests (normal data) or Mann Whitney (non normal data) tests for equality of means;

SUBMITTER: Mariman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11321152 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature