The Effect of Sleep Enhancement Educational Program on Maternal Sleep Quality for Nulliparous Pregnant Women: A Randomized-Controlled Trial.

Publisher: Informa Healthcare Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9421097 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7558 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10705503 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Behav Med Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: London : Informa Healthcare
Original Publication: Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1994-

Sleep Quality*; Humans ; Female ; Pregnancy ; Adult ; Pregnant People ; Patient Education as Topic/methods ; Young Adult ; Parity ; Sleep/physiology

Competing Interests: Declarations. Ethical Approval: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed Consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The pregnant women who volunteered to participate in the research were required by the researcher to fill in the informed consent form. The permission to conduct the research was received from the Non-Invasive Clinical Trials Ethics Committee (endorsement no. 2018/160, clinical trial no.: NCT04262349). In addition, institutional permission was obtained from the Provincial Health Directorate. Research Involving Human Participants and/or Animals: This article contains a study with human participants. This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Background: Pregnancy is a critical period during which women usually do not prefer taking medication. Therefore, non-pharmacological and safe methods are needed to improve sleep quality during pregnancy. This study aims to identify whether an educational program on sleep enhancement for pregnant women has any effect on maternal sleep quality.
Method: This was a randomized-controlled trial. Pregnant women (N = 181) were divided into two groups, an intervention group (n = 90) and a control group (n = 91). A two-session educational program for the enhancement of sleep quality was provided to the intervention group, whereas solely the routine practices of the hospital were put in place for the control group.
Results: The intervention group had a significantly lower mean Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score, and accordingly, better sleep quality than the control group. Participation in the education program was significantly related to sleep quality and accounted for 6% of the total variance in sleep quality (R ²  = 0.055) (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: It was concluded that the educational program on sleep enhancement implemented to improve the sleep quality of pregnant women enhanced maternal sleep quality.
Trial Registration: URL:  clinicaltrials.gov .
Registration Number: NCT04262349.
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Keywords: Education; Midwife; Nulliparous; Pregnancy; Sleep

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Date Created: 20240129 Date Completed: 20250203 Latest Revision: 20250203

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