Abstract
Poor sleep quality is common during pregnancy. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of supervised group physical exercise on self-reported sleep quality in pregnant women with or at high risk of depression, and secondly, to describe the association between sleep quality and psychological well-being during pregnancy and postpartum. This was a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial (n = 282) (NCT02833519) at Rigshospitalet, Denmark. Sleep quality was evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), psychological well-being by the five-item WHO Well-Being Index (WHO-5). The intention-to-treat analysis showed no difference in mean global PSQI score neither at 29–34 weeks, 6.56 (95% CI: 6.05–7.07) in the intervention group and 7.00 (95% CI: 6.47–7.53) in the control group, p = 0.2, nor at eight weeks postpartum. Women with WHO-5 ≤ 50 reported higher mean global PSQI scores at baseline, 7.82 (95% CI: 7.26–8.38), than women with WHO-5 score > 50, mean 5.42 (95% CI: 5.02–5.82), p < 0.0001. A significant difference was also present post-intervention and eight weeks postpartum. No significant effect of group exercise regarding self-reported sleep quality was seen at 29–34 weeks of gestation or postpartum. Low psychological well-being was associated with poor sleep quality during pregnancy and postpartum.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Artikelnummer | 5954 |
Tidsskrift | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Vol/bind | 19 |
Udgave nummer | 10 |
ISSN | 1661-7827 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2022 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:Lotte Broberg did this work as part of a PhD project and she, as well as her supervi-sor, Hanne Kristine Hegaard, were supported by the Danish foundation TrygFonden (reference number 110711) (email: [email protected], phone: 0045 45 26 08 00) and the Research Committee, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital–Rigshospitalet (reference number E-22316-02) (email: [email protected], phone: 0045 35 45 64 31). All other authors did not receive financial support.
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