Changes in parental sleep from pregnancy to postpartum: A meta-analytic review of actigraphy studies.
Sleep Med Rev
; 68: 101719, 2023 04.
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| ID: mdl-36791531
ABSTRACT
Sleep changes in new parents are widely observed but there is no extant meta-analysis of changes to sleep parameters in this group. We completed a meta-analysis of changes in actigraphy-measured parent sleep between pregnancy and the end of the first year of a child's life. A search of six databases was completed. Following review using predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 16 papers were left for review. Data were extracted, analysed and each paper was reviewed for methodological quality. Where possible, subgroup analysis was completed based on time since birth and location of the study, and meta-regression of parent age. Parents' total sleep time and sleep efficiency were shown to decrease following the birth of a child, with wake after sleep onset increasing. This change was most notably observed in the first four weeks after birth. Up to 16 weeks post-birth, differences were still apparent, but sleep parameters were beginning to return to pre-birth levels. New parents experience a significant change in multiple sleep parameters following the birth of a child. Future data collection, using best practice actigraphy measurement, reporting a broader range of variables and including fathers, as well as mothers, is warranted.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pais
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Actigrafia
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sleep Med Rev
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido