Sleep and Vigilance Disorders in Pregnancy

Objectives: To describe different sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in a French population of randomly selected young women during pregnancy and to evaluate the frequency of these sleep disorders according to the three trimesters of pregnancy. Methods: Cross-sectional design with retrospective...

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Published inEuropean neurology Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 23 - 29
Main Authors Neau, Jean-Philippe, Texier, Bénédicte, Ingrand, Pierre
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2009
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy Trimesters
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Sleep Wake Disorders
Surveys and Questionnaires
Wakefulness
Young Adult
Pregnancy
Sleep disorders
Excessive daytime sleepiness
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Summary:Objectives: To describe different sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in a French population of randomly selected young women during pregnancy and to evaluate the frequency of these sleep disorders according to the three trimesters of pregnancy. Methods: Cross-sectional design with retrospective survey of pre-pregnancy, symptoms and prospective survey of current symptoms. Mothers were interviewed during pregnancy with a questionnaire to evaluate their sleep before pregnancy and to assess alterations in their sleep according to the trimester. Results: 871 pregnant women completed the questionnaire. The rate of pregnant women with insomnia with non-refreshing sleep and frequent awakenings increases during the second and the third trimester reaching more than 75% of the women, essentially due to an urge to urinate, movements of the fetus, backache and restless legs syndrome. Snoring also increases throughout the pregnancy with more than 18% of them snoring every night. Conversely, more than 75% of the women complained of a decrease in their vigilance and a need to nap inreased during the pregnancy. Conclusions: The subjective quality of sleep is disturbed as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and increases throughout the pregnancy, except for excessive daytime sleepiness which was more frequent during the first trimester.
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ISSN:0014-3022
1421-9913
DOI:10.1159/000215877