Insomniac children maternal sleep and mood in São Paulo and Barcelona.
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.
Tenenbojm
Eduardina
E
Division of Clinical Neurology, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Angelis
Geisa
G
Rossin
Sueli
S
Estivill
Eduard
E
Segarra
Francisco
F
Reimão
Rubens
R
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