ArticleMaternal and child health journal2020
Association of Maternal Depression and Anxiety Symptoms with Sleep Duration in Children at Preschool Age.
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- Perinatal Physiological and Psychological Risk Factors and Childhood Sleep Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2022Pooled it
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- Association Between Persistent Maternal Depression among Japanese New Mothers and their Toddlers' Behaviors.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
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- A Link between Parental Psychopathology and Preschool Depression: Take Care of Parents to Take Care of Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Parental anxiety and depression are associated with adverse mental health in children with special needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- A Longitudinal Approach to the Relationships Among Sleep, Behavioral Adjustment, and Maternal Depression in Preschoolers.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Sleep disturbances and correlates among a sample of preschool children in rural China.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2022Article
- How the first years of motherhood impact the cardiac autonomic profile of female healthcare professionals: a study by heart rate variability analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Born Under COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions: Infant Regulatory Problems and Maternal Mental Health at 7 Months Postpartum.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Mental Health of Parents and Preschool-Aged Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Harsh Parenting and Child Sleep Disturbances.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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objectivesTo evaluate the effect of maternal depression and anxiety symptoms on daily sleep duration in 4-5-year-old children.
methodsData were obtained from the PREDI Study, a larger cohort study conducted in Brazil. The current study is a cross-sectional study carried out in the homes of the participants between July 2016 and August 2017. The participants were submitted to anthropometric assessment and demographic, socioeconomic and psychological data were obtained. Total sleep time was self-reported by the women and classified as ≥ 10 or < 10 h of sleep/day. Maternal depression and anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory, respectively.
resultsOf the 216 children included in the study, 77.3% and 22.7% had ≥ 10 and < 10 h of sleep/day, respectively. Regarding the women, 20.0% and 19.5% had moderate/severe depression and anxiety symptoms, respectively. Moderate/severe symptoms of maternal depression were associated with < 10 h of sleep/day (p = 0.034). Unadjusted analysis showed that children whose mothers had moderate/severe depression symptoms were significantly more likely to sleep < 10 h/day at 4-5 years of age than those whose mothers had minimal/mild depression symptoms (OR 2.38, p = 0.037). This association continued to be significant and increased to an OR of 3.99 (p = 0.006) after adjusting for potential confounders. CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: Our study showed that sleeping less than 10 h/day at preschool age was associated with moderate/severe maternal depression symptoms. These results are important from a public health perspective since strategies designed to treat depression in women with school-age children may help improve their child's sleep quality and, consequently, his cognitive performance and related behavioral and emotional problems in the future.
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