title: Mood and objective and subjective measures of sleep during late pregnancy and the postpartum period.
abstract: This study examined the association between measures of objective sleep (OS) and subjective sleep (SS) to postpartum mood in healthy women from the third trimester of pregnancy to 10 to 12 weeks postpartum. Twenty-nine pregnant women completed self-report measures of mood and SS, and wore actigraphs for 7 continuous days during the third trimester (Time 1), within 15 days (Time 2), and 10 to 12 weeks postpartum (Time 3). The subjective perception of marked daytime dysfunction was associated with low mood during Time 1 and Time 3. Poor nighttime SS was related to low mood only at Time 2, whereas poor nighttime OS influenced stress during the same assessment time. These data indicate a stronger association between postpartum mood and the subjective perception of sleep than with OS quality and duration in healthy, non-depressed women, and highlight the awareness of poor daytime functioning as a significant contributor to new mothers' emotional wellbeing.
authors.affiliation: a Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences University of Melbourne.
authors.forename: Soledad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coo
authors.forename: Jeannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milgrom
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trinder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D020920:Dyssomnias / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D057566:Self Report; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult