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Multidimensional sleep health during pregnancy- The influences of prenatal depression and experiences of racial discrimination

Hsiao, Wei-Hsin (2022) Multidimensional sleep health during pregnancy- The influences of prenatal depression and experiences of racial discrimination. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Poor sleep health in pregnancy is associated with pregnancy complications including gestational diabetes and hypertension. Studies have predominantly assessed sleep health in pregnancy by its quality and duration. More recent studies have defined sleep health to be multidimensional. It is important to characterize multidimensional sleep health and identify risk factors to improve sleep health in pregnancy.
The first goal of this dissertation was to characterize sleep health in pregnancy through individual dimensions and composite sleep health score. The second and third goals were to identify risk factors related to poor sleep health during pregnancy, including prenatal depression and the experiences of racial discrimination. We used data from the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcome Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-Be (nuMom2b). Sleep was characterized through satisfaction, duration, daytime sleepiness, continuity, timing, and bedtime, waketime, and midpoint sleep regularity. To describe multidimensional sleep health, we created the composite sleep health score by summing z scores centering from the specified cutoffs for each dimension. Prenatal depression was assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). We identified cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between prenatal depression and sleep health in early and mid-pregnancy. The experiences of racial discrimination were measured using the Experiences of Discrimination (EOD) scale. We identified the associations between the experiences of racial discrimination and sleep health in early and mid-pregnancy.
Our findings suggested that the multidimensional sleep health was consistent from early to mid-pregnancy with changes in specific dimensions. There were declines in satisfaction, duration, and continuity while timing was consistent, and regularity improved from early to mid-pregnancy. There were cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between prenatal depression and satisfaction, duration, sleepiness, continuity, timing, and composite sleep health score. We also found associations between the experiences of racial discrimination and satisfaction, sleepiness, and composite sleep health score during pregnancy.
The completion of the dissertation informs multidimensional sleep characteristics in pregnancy. The findings also support the consideration of maternal mental health and racial discrimination as potential risk factors to improve sleep health during pregnancy under individual dimensions and multidimensional sleep health, which may further reduce adverse maternal health outcomes attributed to poor sleep health during pregnancy.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Hsiao, Wei-HsinWEH57@pitt.eduWEH570000-0002-6376-699X
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairMendez, DaraDDM11@pitt.eduDDM110000-0003-3999-1991
Committee MemberHawkins, Marquismarquis.hawkins@pitt.eduMAH4000000-0002-8633-556X
Committee MemberLevine, Michelelevinem@upmc.eduMLEVINE0000-0002-1054-3856
Committee MemberWallace, Meredithlotzmj@upmc.eduMEL200000-0003-3951-890X
Date: 1 July 2022
Date Type: Publication
Defense Date: 23 May 2022
Approval Date: 1 July 2022
Submission Date: 24 June 2022
Access Restriction: 2 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 2 years.
Number of Pages: 262
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Public Health > Epidemiology
Degree: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sleep; Pregnancy; Maternal Health; Prenatal depression; Racism
Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2022 18:33
Last Modified: 01 Jul 2022 18:33
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/43200

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