Poor sleep after childbirth appears to increase the risk of postpartum depression.
Poor sleep after childbirth appears to increase the risk of postpartum depression.
Sleep disturbances and subjective sleep quality are the aspects of sleep mostly associated with depression. After childbirth women sleep less during the early weeks following delivery than during pregnancy and other periods of reproductive age. At the same time, these women have a higher risk of depression.
Researchers studied 2,830 Norwegian women through a mailed questionnaire, who delivered a baby between 2005 and 2006, to study the prevalence and risk factors of postpartum sleep problems and symptoms of depression in the mother and to explore the association between sleep quality and depression. Sleeping hours and depressive symptoms were assessed in all the participants.
The women reported that they slept an average of 6.5 hours per night. After adjusting the data for other significant depression risk factors - including previous sleep problems, being a first-time mother, not exclusively breast-feeding, having a young infant or having a male infant, and stressful life events were factors associated with poor sleep after childbirth.
Tiredness after delivery may be attributed to lack of sleep, but the reduced daytime energy could also be caused by depression. The researchers concluded that poor sleep was associated with depression, independently of other risk factors.
Sleep disturbances and subjective sleep quality are the aspects of sleep mostly associated with depression. After childbirth women sleep less during the early weeks following delivery than during pregnancy and other periods of reproductive age. At the same time, these women have a higher risk of depression.
Researchers studied 2,830 Norwegian women through a mailed questionnaire, who delivered a baby between 2005 and 2006, to study the prevalence and risk factors of postpartum sleep problems and symptoms of depression in the mother and to explore the association between sleep quality and depression. Sleeping hours and depressive symptoms were assessed in all the participants.
The women reported that they slept an average of 6.5 hours per night. After adjusting the data for other significant depression risk factors - including previous sleep problems, being a first-time mother, not exclusively breast-feeding, having a young infant or having a male infant, and stressful life events were factors associated with poor sleep after childbirth.
Tiredness after delivery may be attributed to lack of sleep, but the reduced daytime energy could also be caused by depression. The researchers concluded that poor sleep was associated with depression, independently of other risk factors.
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