Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers
Richter D, Krämer MD, Tang NKY, Montgomery-Downs HE, Lemola S (2019)
Sleep 42(4).
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Autor*in
Richter, David;
Krämer, Michael D;
Tang, Nicole K Y;
Montgomery-Downs, Hawley E;
Lemola, SakariUniBi
Abstract / Bemerkung
Study Objectives
To examine the changes in mothers’ and fathers’ sleep satisfaction and sleep duration across prepregnancy, pregnancy, and the postpartum period of up to 6 years after birth; it also sought to determine potential protective and risk factors for sleep during that time.
Methods
Participants in a large population-representative panel study from Germany reported sleep satisfaction and sleep duration in yearly interviews. During the observation period (2008–2015), 2541 women and 2118 men reported the birth of their first, second, or third child and provided longitudinal data for analysis. Fixed-effects regression models were used to analyze changes in sleep associated with childbirth.
Results
Sleep satisfaction and duration sharply declined with childbirth and reached a nadir during the first 3 months postpartum, with women more strongly affected (sleep satisfaction reduction compared with prepregnancy: women, 1.81 points on a 0 to 10 scale, d = 0.79 vs. men, 0.37 points, d = 0.16; sleep duration reduction compared with prepregnancy: women, 62 min, d = 0.90 vs. men, 13 min, d = 0.19). In both women and men, sleep satisfaction and duration did not fully recover for up to 6 years after the birth of their first child. Breastfeeding was associated with a slight decrease in maternal sleep satisfaction (0.72 points, d = 0.32) and duration (14 min, d = 0.21). Parental age, household income, and dual vs. single parenting were unrelated, or only very weakly related, to improved sleep.
Conclusions
Following the sharp decline in sleep satisfaction and duration in the first months postpartum, neither mothers’ nor fathers’ sleep fully recovers to prepregnancy levels up to 6 years after the birth of their first child.
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
Zeitschriftentitel
Sleep
Band
42
Ausgabe
4
ISSN
0161-8105
eISSN
1550-9109
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2980148
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Richter D, Krämer MD, Tang NKY, Montgomery-Downs HE, Lemola S. Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers. Sleep. 2019;42(4).
Richter, D., Krämer, M. D., Tang, N. K. Y., Montgomery-Downs, H. E., & Lemola, S. (2019). Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers. Sleep, 42(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz015
Richter, David, Krämer, Michael D, Tang, Nicole K Y, Montgomery-Downs, Hawley E, and Lemola, Sakari. 2019. “Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers”. Sleep 42 (4).
Richter, D., Krämer, M. D., Tang, N. K. Y., Montgomery-Downs, H. E., and Lemola, S. (2019). Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers. Sleep 42.
Richter, D., et al., 2019. Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers. Sleep, 42(4).
D. Richter, et al., “Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers”, Sleep, vol. 42, 2019.
Richter, D., Krämer, M.D., Tang, N.K.Y., Montgomery-Downs, H.E., Lemola, S.: Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers. Sleep. 42, (2019).
Richter, David, Krämer, Michael D, Tang, Nicole K Y, Montgomery-Downs, Hawley E, and Lemola, Sakari. “Long-term effects of pregnancy and childbirth on sleep satisfaction and duration of first-time and experienced mothers and fathers”. Sleep 42.4 (2019).
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