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Psycho-educational interventions focused on maternal or infant sleep for pregnant women to prevent the onset of antenatal and postnatal depression: A systematic review.

Natsu SasakiNaonori YasumaErika ObikaneZui NaritaJunpei SekiyaTakuma InagawaAiichiro NakajimaYuji YamadaRyuichi YamazakiAsami MatsunagaTomomi SaitoKotaro ImamuraKazuhiro WatanabeNorito KawakamiDaisuke Nishi
Published in: Neuropsychopharmacology reports (2020)
This study found limited evidence to support the effectiveness of sleep intervention for all pregnant women, which means "universal intervention," to protect maternal mental health. Further well-designed RCTs are needed to confirm these findings.
Keyphrases
  • pregnant women
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • randomized controlled trial
  • mental health
  • sleep quality
  • physical activity
  • birth weight
  • systematic review
  • depressive symptoms
  • preterm infants
  • weight gain
  • preterm birth