Author:
Bao Ciqing,Wang Yali,Le Tao,Xu Ling,Tang Weina,Zou Wanyun,Bao Yin,Xu Dongwu,Zhao Ke
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Sleep problems and cognitive changes are typical in pregnant women with depressive symptoms. However, the relationship between sleep quality and executive dysfunction remains unclear. This study aims to explore the differences in sleep quality and cognitive inhibition between pregnant women with and without depressive symptoms in the third trimester of pregnancy and investigate the correlations between sleep quality, cognitive inhibition and depressive symptoms.
Methods
In the third trimester, 169 women without depressive symptoms and 88 women with depressive symptoms participated in the study. Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Questionnaire (EPDS) was used to assess depressive symptoms, and Pittsburgh Standard Sleep Quality Index Questionnaire (PSQI) was used to investigate sleep quality. The color-word Stroop task is used to evaluate cognitive inhibition.
Results
Compared with women without depressive symptoms, pregnant women with depressive symptoms showed worse sleep quality and Stroop task performances (response speed and accuracy). In addition, the speed of cognitive inhibition plays a mediating role in the relationship between sleep quality and prenatal depressive symptoms.
Conclusion
This research emphasizes the importance of sleep quality screening and cognitive training for depression during pregnancy and childbirth in ensuring women’s mental health during pregnancy and childbirth.
Funder
Wenzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau
Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health