Infant Sleep Difficulties at the 6 th Week and the 12 th Month Postpartum: What Is their Relationship with Maternal Mental Health and Other Perinatal Factors?

Infant sleep difficulties are often a challenge for new parents and may be related to maternal mood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of reported infant sleep difficulties at the 6 week and at the 12 month postpartum is associated with maternal psychological well-being a...

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Published in:Materia socio-medica 2021-03, Vol.33 (1), p.21
Main Authors: Dagla, Maria, Dagla, Calliope, Mrvoljak-Theodoropoulou, Irina, Kavakou, Aikaterini-Taxiarchoula, Rigoutsou, Eleni, Antoniou, Evangelia
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Language:English
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Summary:Infant sleep difficulties are often a challenge for new parents and may be related to maternal mood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of reported infant sleep difficulties at the 6 week and at the 12 month postpartum is associated with maternal psychological well-being and the presence of a mental health disorder in the perinatal period or with other perinatal factors. It is a retrospective longitudinal study, examining a sample of 622 women who attended a 12-month innovative psychosocial intervention. Data were obtained through the EPDS and PHQ-9 psychometric tools, and the completion of a health history. Statistical analyses included Spearman rank correlation coefficients and C . Reported infant sleep difficulties at the 6 week postpartum were associated with a) increased maternal scores on psychometric tools (EPDS and PHQ-9) during pregnancy and at the 6 week postpartum, b) the presence of pathological maternal mental health symptoms in the perinatal period ( =.034), c) high maternal educational level (
ISSN:1512-7680