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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Sleep Sciences">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Sleep Sciences</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2476-2938</Issn>
      <Volume>2</Volume>
      <Issue>1-2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>13</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">The Relationship between Sleep Quality, Depression, and Anxiety in Pregnant Women: A Cohort Study</title>
    <FirstPage>20</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>27</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mamak</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shariat</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics AND Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Health Research Center, Institute of Family Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Nasrin</FirstName>
        <LastName>Abedinia</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics AND Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Health Research Center AND Iranian Research Centers for HIV/AIDS, Institute of Family Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ahmad Ali</FirstName>
        <LastName>Noorbala</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Psychiatry, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Maedeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Raznahan</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Ophthalmology AND Noor Ophthalmic Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>26</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2017</Year>
        <Month>05</Month>
        <Day>13</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background and Objective: Sleep disturbances are common in women, especially during pregnancy. This can re-sult in emotional and psychological consequences in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to assess the preva-lence and identify the relationship between sleep quality, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy.
Materials &amp; Methods: This cohort study included 283 pregnant women. Participants completed Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index at first, second, and third gestational tri-mesters. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Cramer&#x2019;s V correlation technique.
Results:&#xA0;The findings indicated that nearly 30% of participants suffered from depression. Mild depression reported from the first, second, and third trimesters was 18%, 11%, and 4.9%, respectively, while severe depression frequency was found to be 4.9% in the third trimester. Moreover, the highest proportion of mild anxiety was 28.3% in the first trimester, and moderate and severe anxiety had a prevalence of 4.9 and 14.1% in the third trimester, respectively. In the third trimester, sleep quality was lower and the prevalence of sleep problems was 75.26%. The findings also showed that there is a significant association between sleep problems and depression and anxiety (P &lt; 0.0500).
Conclusion:&#xA0;Psychological problems such as anxiety and depression were prevalent among the studied population of pregnant women. Thus, psychological counseling before pregnancy or early pregnancy in this population may pro-vide safer pregnancy, convenient delivery, and healthier newborns.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jss.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jss/article/view/51</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
