ArticleMCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing
Sleep Quality and Quantity in Low-Income Postpartum Women.
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- Prevalence of poor sleep quality and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta -analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Factors associated with poor sleep quality on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index among hospitalized Ghanaian obstetrical patients.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
- Unique contributors of contextual stress to Black mothers' sleep in the postpartum period.Sleep · 2025Article
- Prevalence of insomnia and associated factors among postpartum mothers in Mattu City, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Maternal Sleeping Problems Before and After Childbirth - A Systematic Review.International journal of women's health · 2024Review
- Prevalence of insomnia and associated factors among postpartum mothers in Southern Ethiopia, a community-based cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Identification of postpartum symptom subgroups and associated long-term maternal depressive symptoms and well-being.Research in nursing & health · 2023Article
- Mental health and sleep quality of low-income mothers of one-year-olds during the COVID-19 pandemic.Infant mental health journal · 2023Article
- Socio-Ecological Context of Sleep: Gender Differences and Couples' Relationships as Exemplars.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- Psychometric properties of the Persian version of Postpartum Sleep Quality Scale.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2022Article
- Social-ecological considerations for the sleep health of rural mothers.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
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- Prevalence and Correlates of Maternal and Infant Sleep Problems in a Low-Income US Sample.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
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purposeTo describe and explore patterns of postpartum sleep, fatigue, and depressive symptoms in low-income urban women. STUDY DESIGN AND
methodsIn this descriptive, exploratory, nonexperimental study, participants were recruited from an inpatient postpartum unit. Subjective measures were completed by 132 participants across five time points. Objective sleep/wake patterns were measured by 72-hour wrist actigraphy at 4 and 8 weeks. Mean sample age was 25 years, high school educated with 3.1 children. Over half the sample reported an annual income less than 50% of the federal poverty level.
resultsObjectively, total nighttime sleep was 5.5 hours (week 4) and 5.4 hours (week 8). Subjectively, 85% met criteria for "poor sleep quality" at week 4, and nearly half were persistently and severely fatigued through 8 weeks postpartum. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The majority (65%) of women in this study met the definition of "short sleep duration," defined as sleeping ≤ 6 hours per night. Adverse effects of this short sleep on physical and mental health as well as safety and functioning, especially within the context of poverty, may be profound. There is an urgent need for further research on sleep in low-income underrepresented women to identify interventions that can improve sleep and fatigue as well as discern the implications of sleep deprivation on the safety and physical and mental health of this population.
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