ArticleNature and science of sleep2020
Children's Sleep May Depend on Maternal Sleep Duration During Pregnancy: A Retrospective Study.
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- Sleep During Pregnancy and Offspring Outcomes From Infancy to Childhood: A Systematic Review.Biopsychosocial science and medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of behavioral sleep interventions on children's and mothers' sleep quality and maternal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Sleeping for Two: a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in pregnancy.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Trial
- Environmental phenol mixture during pregnancy and child sleep quality in the ECHO cohort.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Determinants of sleep disturbance and sleep quality in children of mothers with fibromyalgia.Archives of rheumatology · 2023Article
- Maternal Sleep Problems in the Periconceptional Period and the Impact on Health of Mother and Offspring: A Systematic Review.Clocks & sleep · 2022Review
- Associations between gestational age and childhood sleep: a national retrospective cohort study.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Prenatal maternal pesticide exposure in relation to sleep health of offspring during adolescence.Environmental research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnimal studies suggested that maternal sleep during pregnancy was associated with sleep pattern in offspring; however, it has not been clear in human populations.
aimOur study discusses the relationships of maternal sleep duration with sleep characteristics in their offspring through an epidemiological study.
methodsA retrospective cross-sectional study including 6236 mother-child dyads was conducted in 31 preschools in May 2019, in Shanghai, China. Information regarding maternal sleep duration in three trimesters of pregnancy was collected retrospectively. Children's current sleep characteristics were evaluated through the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). Linear regressions and logistic regression models were applied to estimate β and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
resultsMaternal sleep duration was positively associated with childhood sleep duration, which was shown in the first (β=0.113), second (β=0.131), and third trimesters (β=0.088). Meanwhile, insufficient maternal sleep duration could increase the risk of children's short sleep duration (first trimester: AOR=1.25; second trimester: AOR=1.33; third trimester: AOR=1.33). Maternal sleep duration was also associated with childhood CSHQ score: β=-0.308, -0.392, and -0.300 for the first, second, and third trimesters, respectively. Similarly, insufficient maternal sleep duration could predict childhood sleep disturbance as AOR=1.28 in the second trimester and AOR=1.26 in the third trimester.
conclusionOur findings established a relationship between maternal sleep during pregnancy and their children's sleep pattern through a population-based epidemiology study. Poor childhood sleep was found when their mother experienced less sleep duration during pregnancy, especially in the second and third trimesters.
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