A Study on Sleep Disturbances Among Antenatal Women Attending A Tertiary Care Hospital, in Chennai, Tamilnadu

Dr. SREESUPRIA.PR; Dr. Pankaj. B. Shah; Dr. L. Kannan; Abinayaa.PR

Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2014

A Study on Sleep Disturbances Among Antenatal Women Attending A Tertiary Care Hospital, in Chennai, Tamilnadu

Dr. Sreesupria. Pr, Dr. Pankaj. B. Shah, Dr. L. Kannan, Abinayaa. Pr

Abstract :

Introduction: Poor sleep quality during pregnancy is associated with adverse maternal and foetal outcomes. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of poor quality of sleep among antenatal women attending a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among 165 antenatal women, attending outpatient clinic of a tertiary care hospital in Chennai. Quality of sleep was assessed using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Results: Prevalence of poor quality of sleep was 57%. Subjective sleep quality was bad among 29.1% of the women. 54.5% had sleep duration <7hrs/night and 37% had habitual sleep efficiency <85%. Poor sleep quality was more common among women with gestational age >28 weeks (64.5%), compared to those with gestational age ≤28 weeks (47.2%) (p< 0.02) Conclusion: The evaluation of sleep quality should be a part of routine antenatal checkup and information thus obtained can be used to minimize the sleep disturbances during pregnancy