Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth - findings from a stillbirth case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report maternal sleep practices in women who experienced a stillbirth compared with controls with ongoing live pregnancies at similar gestation.

Design

Prospective case-control study.

Setting

Forty-one maternity units in the United Kingdom.

Population

Women who had a stillbirth after ≥ 28 weeks' gestation (n = 291) and women with an ongoing pregnancy at the time of interview (n = 733).

Methods

Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire that included questions on maternal sleep practices before pregnancy, in the four weeks prior to, and on the night before the interview/stillbirth.

Main outcome measures

Maternal sleep practices during pregnancy.

Results

In multivariable analysis, supine going-to-sleep po

SUBMITTER: Heazell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5765411 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature