Maternal perinatal depression and infant sleep problems at 1  year of age: Subjective and actigraphy data from a population-based birth cohort study.

In conclusion, although mothers in the depressed group were more likely to report more night wakings, objective data from actigraphy did not replicate this finding. Dysfunctional cognition, maternal behavioural factors and sleep impairment associated with perinatal depression may affect the mother's impression of her infant's sleep.
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Source: Journal of Sleep Research - April 13, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Halal CS, Bassani DG, Santos IS, Tovo-Rodrigues L, Del-Ponte B, Silveira MF, Bertoldi AD, Barros FC, Nunes ML Tags: J Sleep Res Source Type: research