Modifying maternal sleep position in the third trimester of pregnancy with positional therapy: a randomised pilot trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether the percentage of time spent supine during sleep in the third trimester of pregnancy could be reduced using a positional therapy device (PrenaBelt) compared with a sham device.

Design

A double-blind, randomised, sham-controlled, cross-over pilot trial.

Setting

Conducted between March 2016 and January 2017, at a single, tertiary-level centre in Canada.

Participants

23 participants entered the study. 20 participants completed the study. Participants were low-risk, singleton, third-trimester pregnant women aged 18 years and older with body mass index <35 kg/m² at the first antenatal appointment for the index pregnancy and without known fetal abnormalities, pregnancy complications or medical conditions complicating sleep.

SUBMITTER: Kember AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6119420 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature