Trial reportArchives of women's mental health2009
Fragmented maternal sleep is more strongly correlated with depressive symptoms than infant temperament at three months postpartum.
Trial report in Archives of women's mental health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Digital Biomarkers in Physiological Signal-Based Depression Assessment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Assessment of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Maternal Postpartum Depression Using the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments Guideline: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
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- The impact of sleep, stress, and depression on postpartum weight retention: a systematic review.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2014Pooled it
- Postnatal parental education for optimizing infant general health and parent-infant relationships.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Psychosocial and psychological interventions for preventing postpartum depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- The effect of sleep pattern changes on postpartum depressive symptoms.BMC women's health · 2018Trial
- Can modifications to the bedroom environment improve the sleep of new parents? Two randomized controlled trials.Research in nursing & health · 2011Trial
- A Postpartum Sleep and Fatigue Intervention Feasibility Pilot Study.Behavioral sleep medicineTrial
- Insomnia disorder at 6 weeks postpartum: a prospective study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026Article
- Sleep and light ecologies of parents with young infants: descriptive findings from the SUNSHINE project.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2026Article
- Association between mealtime regularity and breakfast frequency with postpartum depression in first-time Japanese mothers: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Association of multimodal analgesic protocol with postpartum depression incidence and sleep quality in high-risk parturients.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Postpartum maternal sleep disruption is associated with perception of infant temperament: findings from a 6-month longitudinal study.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Article
- Psychological and social factors influencing mother-child bonding in the first year after birth: a model for promoting infant and maternal well-being.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Associations between sleep and circadian rhythm disruption and perinatal anxiety.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2025Review
- Longitudinal assessment of sleep and fatigue according to baby feeding method in postpartum women: a prospective observational study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Observational
- Clinicians Speak: We Need to Redesign Postpartum Care.The Journal of perinatal education · 2024Article
- Postpartum stress in the first 6 months after delivery: a longitudinal study in Nantong, China.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Association of Insomnia with 30-Day Postpartum Readmission: A Retrospective Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
To determine the contribution of infant temperament to the relationship between maternal sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms. Utilizing a repeated measures design, 112 couples recruited from childbirth education classes were assessed in third trimester and postpartum. Instruments included Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, General Sleep Disturbance Scale, wrist actigraphy, and an investigator-developed tool to assess infant temperament completed by mothers and fathers. Regardless of infant temperament, mothers who slept < 4 h between midnight and 6 am and mothers who napped < 60 min during the day were at increased risk for depression at three months postpartum. Infant temperament was associated with maternal sleep but was not a significant predictor of depressive symptoms after controlling for other contextual factors. Postpartum clinical visits should include questions about maternal sleep so interventions can be directed toward sufficient sleep to minimize risk of postpartum depression.
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