Quality of sleep in pregnant women

Objective: assessing the quality of sleep in pregnant women who underwent prenatal in a health center in Tremembé city/SP. Method: descriptive and quantitative research, carried out with 30 pregnant women who were attended by a health center and agreed to participate and signed an informed consent. Data were collected using the Quality Index questionnaire Pittsburgh Sleep (PSQI). Data were collected between June and July 2010. The research project was submitted to the Ethics Committee in Research of the University of Taubate as CEP / UNITAU Protocol number 127/10. Fulfilling the ethical principles in accordance with Resolution 196/96 National Health. Results were quantified by the program Microsoft Excel 2003. Results: 6 (20%) were in the first trimester, 9 (30%), in the second, and 15 (50%) in the third. The results showed that 21 (72.42%) have scores higher than five, which indicated poor quality of sleep. The most frequent complaints were pains, getting up to go to the bathroom, take longer than thirty minutes to fall asleep and waking up at night or very early, have bad dreams or nightmares, have trouble breathing, feeling very cold or hot. Conclusion: the quality of sleep is bad for pregnant women, which may be related to: increased urination, waking up too early or during the night, the sensation of pain in the body and anxiety about childbirth and child. 244 words. Descriptors: sleep, nursing, pregnant women. RESUMEN Objetivo: evaluar la calidad del sueño en gestantes que pasaron por consulta pré-natal en un Centro de Salud de la ciudad de Tremembé-SP. Método: investigación descriptiva y cuantitativa, realizada con 30 gestantes que pasaron por consulta en un centro de salud y concordaron en participar y firmaron el término de consentimiento libre. Para la recogida de datos fue utilizado el cuestionario Índice de Calidade del Sueño de Pittsburgh (IQSP). Los datos fueron recogidos entre junio y julio de 2010. El proyeto de investigación fue sometido a la aprobación del Comité de Ética en ...