Prospective Associations Between Maternal Depression and Infant Sleep in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with gestational diabetes mellitus have higher rates of perinatal depressive symptoms, compared to healthy pregnant women. In the general population, maternal depressive symptoms have been associated with infant sleep difficulties during the first year postpartum. However, there is lack of data on infants of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus.

Methods

This study assessed the prospective associations between maternal perinatal depressive symptoms and infant sleep outcomes. The study population consisted of 95 Swiss women with gestational diabetes mellitus and their infants, enrolled in the control group of the MySweetheart trial (NCT02890693). Perinatal depressive symptoms were assessed with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at the first

SUBMITTER: Gilbert L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234523 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature