Sleep quality across pregnancy and postpartum: effects of parity and race.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health and the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

Despite high prevalence and clinical implications of disturbed sleep during pregnancy, information on changes in sleep across pregnancy and postpartum is incomplete. Moreover, predictors of differential patterns of sleep quality across the perinatal period are poorly defined.

Keywords

African American,PSQI,Parity,Postpartum,Pregnancy,Race,Sleep quality,White,