title: Sleep quality and its relationship with quality of life among high-risk pregnant women (gestational diabetes and hypertension).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sleep is one of the most basic human requirements. This research aims at determining the status of sleep quality and its relationship with quality of life among high-risk pregnant women in Tabriz, Iran, in 2015.
  
  
  METHODS
  This research was a sectional study done on 364 qualified women in 28-36 weeks of pregnancy suffering from mild preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. The sampling was done as convenience. Personal-social-midwifery questionnaire, Pittsburg sleep quality, and quality of life in pregnancy (QOL-ORAV) were used for gathering data. Multivariate linear regression model was used for determining the relationship between sleep quality and its subsets with quality of life and controlling confounders.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the current study, the prevalence of sleep disturbance was 96.4%. Mean (SD) of the total score of sleep quality was 10.1 (4.1) and the total score of quality of life was 61.7 (17.3). According to Pearson's correlation test, there was statistically significant relationship between quality of life and sleep quality and all its subsets except sleep duration and use of sleep medication (p < 0.001). Meanwhile, according to the multivariate linear regression model, sleep latency, day time dysfunction, health status, and home air-conditioning were related with quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of current research show that sleep quality is low among high-risk pregnant women and quality of life is medium. So, it is necessary that required training is given by health cares for improving sleep quality and quality of life to mothers.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saadati
authors.affiliation: a Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran.
authors.forename: Fahimeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sehhatiei Shafaei
authors.affiliation: a Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran.
authors.forename: Mozhgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirghafourvand
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Sleep quality; high risk pregnant women; quality of life