SynthesisJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2020
Associations between prenatal sleep and psychological health: a systematic review.
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- Sleep quality disparities in different pregnancy trimesters in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Studies Examining Associations between Sleep Characteristics with Dietary Intake and Eating Behaviors during Pregnancy.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Associations between lifestyle and well-being in early and late pregnancy in women with overweight or obesity: Secondary analyses of the PEARS RCT.British journal of health psychology · 2025Trial
- Sleep, evening light exposure and perceived stress in healthy nulliparous women in the third trimester of pregnancy.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Differential trajectories of depression symptoms during pregnancy and prospective associations with postpartum eating disorder symptoms and cardiovascular health behaviors.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Factors associated with insomnia, anxiety, and depression among antenatal women in China: A cross-sectional hospital-based study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Relationship between multidimensional sleep health and depression during late pregnancy: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Prenatal maternal sleep and maternal-infant attachment: a systematic review.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Review
- Family Support Moderates the Relationship Between Pregnancy Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Insomnia.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Cannabis Use and Trajectories of Depression and Stress Across the Prenatal Period.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Sleep Disturbances Among Pregnant Women Attending a Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil, Iraq.Cureus · 2024Article
- Biological and behavioral pathways from prenatal depression to offspring cardiometabolic risk: Testing the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis.Developmental psychology · 2024Review
- The prevalence of depression in women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health science reports · 2024Review
- Impact of prenatal maternal depression on gestational length: post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Influencing factors of sleep quality in pregnant: a structural equation model approach.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Path analysis of influencing factors for maternal antenatal depression in the third trimester.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Sleep quality during pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology and natural conceiving: a prospective birth cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Fear of childbirth and sleep quality among pregnant women: a generalized additive model and moderated mediation analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Postpartum stress in the first 6 months after delivery: a longitudinal study in Nantong, China.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Sleep, light exposure at night, and psychological wellbeing during pregnancy.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
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objectivesThis systematic review aimed to examine the: (1) strength of associations between prenatal sleep (ie, duration, quality, and insomnia) and psychological health (ie, depression, anxiety, and stress); and (2) moderating influence of sociodemographic characteristics (ie, maternal age, gestational age/trimester, parity, marital and socioeconomic status [SES]), body mass index (BMI), and meeting sleep recommendations.
methodsA systematic search was conducted using PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and CINHAL to identify studies with at least one sleep measure and a psychological health outcome. Effect sizes (ES) were calculated by associations between individual components of sleep and psychological health (eg, sleep quality-depression).
resultsReviewed studies (n = 32) included 14,648 participants and yielded 219 ES. ES for anxiety/stress were combined due to insufficient data to analyze individually. Average strengths of associations for sleep duration-depression (ES = .52) and sleep duration-anxiety/stress (ES = .48), sleep quality-depression (ES = .55) and sleep quality-anxiety/stress (ES = .58), and insomnia-depression (ES = .67) ranged from medium to large. Marital status, parity, BMI, and meeting sleep recommendations moderated sleep duration-depression and sleep duration-anxiety/stress. SES, gestational age/trimester, parity, and BMI moderated sleep quality-depression and sleep quality-anxiety/stress associations.
conclusionsPoor sleep quality and depression are prevalent during pregnancy and may negatively impact maternal and fetal outcomes. Moderating effects suggest that pregnant women of different BMI status and gestational age differ in their sleep habits and depression and anxiety/stress levels. Findings highlight the need to better understand the impact of these associations on maternal-fetal outcomes to inform interventions to improve sleep and psychological health.
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