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

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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 (R2 = 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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The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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The authors thank all pregnant women who volunteered to participate in the study and sincerely shared their views.

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  2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Midwifery Department, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

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HBO: conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, data curation, writing — original draft, writing — review and editing, visualization, supervision, project administration; NS: conceptualization, methodology, validation, investigation, writing — original draft, writing — review and editing, visualization, supervision, project administration.

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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.

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Bay Ozcalik, H., Sogukpinar, N. The Effect of Sleep Enhancement Educational Program on Maternal Sleep Quality for Nulliparous Pregnant Women: A Randomized-Controlled Trial. Int.J. Behav. Med. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-024-10261-x

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