Infant sleep disturbance is associated with preconceptional psychological distress: findings from the Southampton Women's Survey
Baird, Janis, Hill, Catherine M., Kendrick, Tony and Inskip, Hazel M. (2009) Infant sleep disturbance is associated with preconceptional psychological distress: findings from the Southampton Women's Survey. Sleep, 32, (4), 566-568.
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Description/Abstract
Study Objective: To determine whether preconceptional psychological distress is associated with infant sleep disturbance.
Design: Prospective cohort study
Setting: Southampton, UK.
Participants: Acohort of women from the Southampton Women’s Survey (SWS), who were recruited between 20-34 years of age and followed through their subsequent pregnancies and beyond; a total of 874 mother-infant pairs were involved in the study.
Measurements and Results: Preconceptional psychological distress was measured with the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). When their infants were 6 and 12 months of age, mothers were asked to report the number of times babies woke on average between the hours of midnight and 06:00 each night during a 2-week period. Preconceptional psychological distress was a strong predictor of infant night waking at both 6 and 12 months of age, independent of the effects of postnatal depression, bedroom sharing, and other confounding factors. At 6 months, preconceptional distress was associated with a 23% increased risk of waking (prevalence ratio [PR] 1.23, 95% CI 1.06-1.44), and at 12 months with a 22% increased risk (PR 1.22, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 1.02-1.46).
Conclusions: Women with preconceptional psychological distress are more likely to have babies with sleep disturbance during infancy, independent of whether they suffered from postnatal depression.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0161-8105 (print) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Community Clinical Sciences |
| Item ID: | 68833 |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 00:46 |
| Contributors: | Baird, Janis (Author) Hill, Catherine M. (Author) Kendrick, Tony (Author) Inskip, Hazel M. (Author) |
| Date: | 1 April 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | jb@mrc.soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/68833 |
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