SynthesisSleep2021
A systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures used to assess sleep in postpartum women using Consensus Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) guidelines.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessment of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Maternal Postpartum Depression Using the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments Guideline: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
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- Insomnia disorder at 6 weeks postpartum: a prospective study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026Article
- Self-reported poor sleep quality on the day of delivery is a potential risk factor for postpartum depression after cesarean delivery: a retrospective cohort study.JA clinical reports · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of the Stanford Obstetric Recovery Checklist (STORK): A Delphi Consensus and Multicenter Clinical Validation Study.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Proposed domains of postpartum sleep: a concept elicitation study using qualitative interviews.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2025Article
- Sleep Characteristics During the First Year Postpartum in a Cohort of Black and White Women.Sleep epidemiology · 2024Article
- Development and evaluation of the psychometric properties of a digital questionnaire for the self-management of health and well-being in the postpartum period.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Postpartum recovery of nulliparous women following scheduled cesarean delivery and spontaneous vaginal delivery: a prospective observational study.AJOG global reports · 2023Article
- Measuring enhanced recovery in obstetrics: a narrative review.AJOG global reports · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of a Turkish Version of Obstetric Quality of Recovery-10.Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2022Article
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- Proposed domains for assessing postpartum recovery: a concept elicitation study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2022Article
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Abstract
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objectivesWe performed a systematic review to identify the best patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) of postpartum sleep in women.
methodsWe searched four databases for validated PROMs used to assess postpartum sleep. Studies were considered if they evaluated at least one psychometric measurement property of a PROM. An overall performance rating was assigned for each psychometric measurement property of each PROM based upon COSMIN criteria. A modified GRADE approach was used to assess the level of evidence and recommendations were then made for each PROM.
resultsWe identified 15 validation studies of eight PROMs, in 9,070 postpartum women. An adequate number of sleep domains was assessed by five PROMs: Bergen Insomnia Scale (BIS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), General Sleep Disturbance Scale (GSDS), Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), and the Sleep Symptom Checklist (SSC). BIS and GSDS were the only PROMs to demonstrate adequate content validity and at least a low level of evidence of sufficient internal consistency, resulting in Class A recommendations. The BIS was the only PROM, which is easily accessible and free to use for noncommercial research, that achieved a Class A recommendation.
conclusionThe BIS is the best currently available PROM of postpartum sleep. However, this PROM fails to assess several important domains such as sleep duration (and efficiency), chronotype, sleep-disordered breathing and medication usage. Future studies should focus on evaluating the psychometric measurement properties of BIS in the North American setting and in different cultural groups, or to develop a more specific PROM of postpartum sleep.
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