Jones, Angela G.Hadaie, Bachar S.Bennett, RachelKumar, NimishaSaha, Chandan K.Haas, David M.2024-05-212024-05-212024-01-23Jones AG, Hadaie BS, Bennett R, Kumar N, Saha CK, Haas DM. The Association between Sleep and Depression during Late Pregnancy and the Early Postpartum Period. AJP Rep. 2024;14(1):e11-e15. Published 2024 Jan 23. doi:10.1055/s-0043-1778003https://hdl.handle.net/1805/40873Objective: To assess and correlate sleep quality and depressed mood symptoms in the late pregnancy and early postpartum periods. Study Design: In a prospective pilot observational study, participants completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) questionnaires at delivery, 1, and 2 months postpartum. Pearson's correlation coefficients and PROC MIXED function estimated overall correlation for repeated measures. Results: Twenty-six women were enrolled with a mean gestational age at delivery of 38.4 (± 2.4) weeks. Sleep quality and mood data were available at the three time points for 24, 16, and 11 participants, respectively. Poor sleep scores were noted by 75.0, 87.5, and 72.7% of women at the three time points. An elevated EPDS score of 10 or higher was claimed by 20.8, 12.5, and 18.2% of women, respectively. Higher PSQI scores were positively associated with higher EPDS scores overall ( r  = 0.71, p  < 0.001) and at each of the individual time points ( r  = 0.79, p  < 0.0001; r  = 0.52, p  = 0.04; and r  = 0.70, p  = 0.016, respectively). None of the women reporting good sleep quality had elevated EPDS scores. Conclusion: Poor sleep is commonly reported around delivery, and at 1 and 2 months postpartum, and there is an association between poor sleep and depression symptoms.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalDepressionPostpartumPostpartum depressionPregnancySleepArticle