Sleep disturbances in depressed pregnant women and their newborns.
Pregnant women (N=253) were recruited during their second trimester of pregnancy (M=22.3 weeks gestation) and assigned to depressed (N=83) and non-depressed groups based on a SCID diagnosis of depression. They were then given self-report measures on sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety and anger, and their urine was assayed for norepinephrine and cortisol. These measures were repeated during their third trimester (M=32.4 weeks). Their newborns were then observed during sleep. During both the second and third trimesters, the depressed women had more sleep disturbances and higher depression, anxiety and anger scores. They also had higher norepinephrine and cortisol levels. The newborns of the depressed mothers also had more sleep disturbances including less time in deep sleep and more time in indeterminate (disorganized) sleep, and they were more active and cried/fussed more.
Field
Tiffany
T
Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, United States. tfield@med.miami.edu
Diego
Miguel
M
Hernandez-Reif
Maria
M
Figueiredo
Barbara
B
Schanberg
Saul
S
Kuhn
Cynthia
C
D000786:Anger; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005324:Fetal Movement; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000652:urine; D018730:Infant Behavior; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000652:urine; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
D006854:Hydrocortisone; D009638:Norepinephrine