ArticleSleep health2022
Directionality of the associations between bedsharing, maternal depressive symptoms, and infant sleep during the first 15 months of life.
Article in Sleep health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Maternal Depression and Sleep Problems in Early Childhood: A Meta-Analysis.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Pooled it
- Maternal depressive symptoms and mother-infant cosleeping (including room sharing and bedsharing): a systematic review.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of a Responsive Parenting Intervention Among Black Families on Infant Sleep: A Secondary Analysis of the Sleep SAAF Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Prevalence and Determinants of Bed-Sharing Among Infants and Toddlers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo identify predictors of infant sleep arrangement and examine the directionality of the relationships between maternal depressive symptoms, infant sleep problems, and bedsharing.
designSecondary analysis of longitudinal data from the Mothers and Others: Family-Based Obesity Prevention for Infants and Toddlers randomized trial.
settingCentral North Carolina, USA.
participantsFour-hundred and twenty-eight predominantly low-income, non-Hispanic Black mother-infant pairs. MEASUREMENTS: Data were collected at 28 weeks pregnancy and 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 months postpartum. Maternal depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale and infant sleep variables were measured using the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire.
resultsThe prevalence of reported bedsharing increased from 16.7% at 1 month to 35.6% at 15 months postpartum. Bedsharing was associated with shortened breastfeeding duration and maternal perception of an infant sleep problem. Concurrently, maternal perception of an infant sleep problem, but not presence of maternal depressive symptoms, was associated with an increased likelihood of bedsharing. Longitudinally, neither maternal perception of an infant sleep problem nor presence of maternal depressive symptoms predicted bedsharing. Bedsharing predicted an increased likelihood of maternal perception of an infant sleep problem and presence of maternal depressive symptoms.
conclusionPrevalence of bedsharing increased over time and was predictive of maternal depressive symptoms. Providers should discuss the conflicting infant sleep recommendations with their patients and provide safe-sleep guidelines for mothers who intend to bedshare.
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