title: Insomniac children maternal sleep and mood in São Paulo and Barcelona.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate sleep characteristics verifying for the presence of depressive symptoms in mothers of insomniac children living in São Paulo (Brazil) and Barcelona (Spain).
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-six mothers were evaluated, 37 from São Paulo and nine from Barcelona, their ages varying from 19 to 44, and their children; otherwise healthy but with complaints of insomnia, their age varying from three to 33 months. The mothers' sleep quality was rated by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  91.30% of mothers reported poor sleep by PSQI standards. Regarding signs and symptoms of depression, 69.56% of all mothers in this sample showed them. Direct correlation between São Paulo mothers PSQI and BDI was found and also between the child's age and BDI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mothers' poor sleep was related to mood changes with symptoms of depression presenting similar results in both cities.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Neurology, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tenenbojm
authors.forename: Geisa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Angelis
authors.forename: Sueli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rossin
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Estivill
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Segarra
authors.forename: Rubens
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reimão
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D055815:Young Adult