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. 2020 Mar 10;12:197–207. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S239001

Table 3.

Maternal Sleep Duration During Pregnancy by Children’s Total Sleep Duration and Sleep Disturbance

Maternal Sleep Duration During Pregnancy Total Childhood Sleep Duration (9.37±1.30) Childhood Sleep Disturbance (52.49±7.88)
≥10 h <10 h χ2/t p value CSHQ≤41 CSHQ>41 χ2/t p value
n % N=2150 34.50% N=4086 65.50% N=362 5.80% N=5874 94.19%
First Trimester
Sleep duration
In continue (means, SD) 8.46 1.38 8.64 1.44 8.36 1.33 −7.51 <0.001 8.60 1.36 8.45 1.38 −1.99 0.046
In category 17.29 <0.001 5.42 0.020
 >8h 3142 50.56% 1163 54.19% 1979 48.65% 204 56.51% 2938 50.20%
 ≤8h 3072 49.44% 983 45.81% 2089 51.35% 157 43.49% 2915 49.80%
Second Trimester
Sleep duration
In continue (means, SD) 8.41 1.40 8.62 1.45 8.29 1.35 −8.90 <0.001 8.59 1.43 8.39 1.39 −2.62 0.009
In category 28.73 <0.001 10.02 0.002
 >8h 3041 48.84% 1150 53.51% 1891 46.37% 206 56.91% 2835 48.34%
 ≤8h 3186 51.16% 999 46.49% 2187 53.63% 156 43.09% 3030 51.66%
Third Trimester
Sleep duration
In continue (means, SD) 8.06 1.59 8.27 1.61 7.95 1.58 −7.46 <0.001 8.25 1.58 8.05 1.59 −2.27 0.023
In category 24.59 <0.001 7.58 0.006
 >8h 2479 39.81% 947 44.05% 1532 37.58% 169 46.69% 2310 39.39%
 ≤8h 3748 60.19% 1203 55.95% 2545 62.42% 193 53.31% 3555 60.61%

Note: Bold values indicate statistical significance.

Abbreviations: CSHQ, children’s sleep habits questionnaire; SD, standard deviation.