ArticleSleep medicine2020
Mothers' postpartum sleep disturbance is associated with the ability to sustain sensitivity toward infants.
Article in Sleep medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01846585 (The Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Treatment for Insomnia During Pregnancy), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Treatment for Insomnia During Pregnancy
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sleep patterns of Canadian women across the life course: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Responsive parenting and Black mothers' postpartum sleep: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Trial
- Daytime napping and nighttime sleep in pregnant individuals with insomnia disorder.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Trial
- Sleep and light ecologies of parents with young infants: descriptive findings from the SUNSHINE project.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2026Article
- Transactional Associations Between Bottle to Bed and Infant Sleep Problems Over the First Year.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study on the Impact of Diaper Distribution by Diaper Banks on Child Health and Economic Impacts to Society.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- A Longitudinal Study of Postpartum Maternal Sleep and Sensitivity: Examining Depressive Symptoms and Social Support as Moderators.Journal of sleep research · 2025Observational
- Sleep, coparenting, and parenting among mothers and fathers prior to kindergarten transition.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2025Article
- Sleep Across the Lifespan: A Neurobehavioral Perspective.Current sleep medicine reports · 2025Review
- 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
- Prevalence of insomnia and associated factors among postpartum mothers in Mattu City, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Caregiving relationships are a cornerstone of developmental psychopathology.Development and psychopathology · 2024Review
- Experience Among Postnatal Nurses With Two or Three Children Returning to Work Within 3 Months in China: A Qualitative Study.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Interactions between poor sleep and negative social cognition pose risk for lower maternal sensitivity.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2024Article
- Effects of paternal involvement in nighttime childcare on child and maternal sleep: exploring the roles of relationship satisfaction and maternal competence about child sleep.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Maternal Sleeping Problems Before and After Childbirth - A Systematic Review.International journal of women's health · 2024Review
- Effect of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Treatment Status and Maternal Depressive Symptomatology on Maternal Reports of Infant Behaviors.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2023Article
- Article
- Sleep, Emotions, and Sense of Belonging: A Daily Experience Study.Affective science · 2022Article
- Maternal nighttime sleep and infant-mother attachment security: The mediating role of maternal parenting quality during bedtime and free play.Developmental psychology · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectiveInfancy is a period of rapid development when the quality of caregiving behavior may be particularly consequential for children's long-term functioning. During this critical period for caregiving behavior, parents experience changes in their sleep that may affect their ability to provide sensitive care. The current study investigated the association of mothers' sleep disturbance with both levels and trajectories of maternal sensitivity during interactions with their infants.
methodsAt 18 weeks postpartum, mothers and their infants were observed during a home-based 10-minute "free play" interaction. Mothers' nighttime sleep was objectively measured using actigraphy and subjectively measured using sleep diaries. Maternal sensitivity was coded in two-minute intervals in order to characterize changes in sensitivity across the free play interaction. We used exploratory factor analysis to reduce the dimensionality of the objective and subjective measures of mothers' sleep, identifying a subjective sleep disturbance and an objective sleep continuity factor.
resultsUsing multi-level modeling, we found that mothers with poorer objective sleep continuity evidenced decreasing sensitivity toward their infants across the interaction. Mothers' self-reports of sleep disturbance were not associated with maternal sensitivity.
conclusionsAlthough future research is necessary to identify the mechanisms that may explain the observed association between poor sleep continuity and the inability to sustain sensitivity toward infants, mothers' postpartum sleep continuity may be one factor to consider when designing interventions to improve the quality of caregiving. CLINICAL
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov, NCT01846585.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.