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Current Sleep Medicine Reports
Published in: Current Sleep Medicine Reports 3/2021

01-09-2021 | Mood Disorders | Sleep and Development (L Tarokh, Section Editor)

Cognitive Behavioral Counseling and Sleep Quality in Pregnant Women: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors: Soheila Khatibi, Morteza Kazemi, Saeideh Zenoozian, Mohammad Masoud Vakili, Roghieh Kharaghani

Published in: Current Sleep Medicine Reports | Issue 3/2021

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

The study was conducted to determine the effect of cognitive behavioral counseling on sleep quality of pregnant women.

Recent Findings

This study was a parallel randomized controlled trial in Zanjan’s comprehensive healthcare centers in 2019. Convenience sampling was conducted on 56 eligible women who were singleton primiparous participants and having sleep quality score more than 5. Participants were divided into two groups of intervention and control (28 in each) based on the blocked random allocation method. In the intervention group, counseling was conducted in five 90-min session on a weekly basis according to the Edinger and Carney’s multi components program of CBT, while the control group received the routine prenatal care. The study tools included Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Restless Leg Syndrome Screening Scale, and Berlin Questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted Generalized Estimating Equation test. By controlling pre-test scores, the quality of sleep and its subscales except use of sleep medications in the intervention group were significantly lower than those in the control group at the follow-up periods (p’s<0.05). Moreover, the scores of depression and stress improved in the intervention group compared to the control group over the time (p’s<0.05). However, anxiety score did not change significantly.

Summary

It seems that cognitive behavioral counseling could improve the sleep quality of pregnant women.
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Metadata
Title
Cognitive Behavioral Counseling and Sleep Quality in Pregnant Women: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors
Soheila Khatibi
Morteza Kazemi
Saeideh Zenoozian
Mohammad Masoud Vakili
Roghieh Kharaghani
Publication date
01-09-2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Current Sleep Medicine Reports / Issue 3/2021
Electronic ISSN: 2198-6401
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-021-00213-2

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