Title
Childhood abuse is associated with stress-related sleep disturbance and poor sleep quality in pregnancy
Date Issued
01 October 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gelaye B.
Kajeepeta S.
Zhong Q.
Borba C.
Rondon, Marta B.
Henderson D.
Williams M.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Objectives: Childhood abuse is associated with increased risks of adult psychiatric disorders and physical health conditions. Mounting evidence documents associations of childhood abuse with sleep disturbances in adulthood. However, to date, no study has evaluated associations of childhood abuse and sleep disturbances among pregnant women. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 634 pregnant Peruvian women. To collect information regarding socio-demographic characteristics, history of childhood abuse, and complaints of sleep disturbances, face-to-face interviews were conducted with women in early pregnancy. Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test (FIRST-S) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-S), translated from English to Spanish, were used to assess stress-related sleep disturbance and sleep quality, respectively. Logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). Results: Women who experienced any childhood abuse had a 1.65-fold increased odds of stress-related sleep disturbance (aOR = 1.65; 95% CI: 1.15-2.38) and 2.11-fold increased odds of poor sleep quality during early pregnancy (aOR = 2.11; 95% CI: 1.35-3.30) as compared with women who reported no abuse. Women who reported both physical and sexual abuse during childhood were more than twice as likely to suffer from stress-related sleep disturbance (aOR = 2.26; 95% CI: 1.44-3.53) and poor sleep quality (aOR = 2.43; 95% CI: 1.45-4.09) in comparison to women who reported no childhood abuse. Conclusions: A history of childhood abuse is associated with increased odds of stress-related sleep disturbance and poor sleep quality during pregnancy. These findings, if replicated, should be used to inform the development of trauma-informed care for such sleep disturbances induced by childhood trauma.
Start page
1274
End page
1280
Volume
16
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología
Obstetricia, Ginecología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84942520588
PubMed ID
Source
Sleep Medicine
ISSN of the container
1389-9457
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported by awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH; R01-HD-059835 , T37-MD000149 and K01MH100428 ). The NIH had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. The authors wish to thank the dedicated staff members of Asociacion Civil Proyectos en Salud (PROESA), Peru, and Instituto Materno Perinatal, Peru, for their expert technical assistance with this study.
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