An mHealth-Supported antenatal lifestyle intervention may be associated with improved maternal sleep in pregnancy: Secondary analysis from the PEARS trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effect of an antenatal diet and exercise intervention during pregnancy on sleep duration. As a secondary objective, associations between sleep duration and gestational weight gain (GWG), maternal metabolic parameters and pregnancy outcomes were assessed.

Design

Secondary analysis.

Setting

Large tertiary Maternity Hospital in Dublin, Ireland.

Population

326 women with overweight or obesity who participated in the Pregnancy Exercise And Nutrition Research Study (PEARS) randomised controlled trial between March 2013 and August 2016.

Methods

Secondary analysis of a randomised trial.

Main outcome measures

Impact of the PEARS intervention on sleep duration, and association of sleep duration and maternal metabolic parameters,

SUBMITTER: Bartels HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9805209 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature