Assessment of sleep quality and nutritional status of antenatal mothers—A community-based study

Abstract

Introduction: Sleep is an essential part of the overall well-being of health. Good quality of sleep is required for everyone to be free from physically, mentally, and socially caused disease and disability. The quality of sleep is more important during pregnancy where women are carrying one more life in their womb. Socioeconomic and demographic factors have a substantial effect on nutritional status and the food intake of women, especially pregnant and lactating women in the family. The available literature has highlighted the influence of factors such as women’s education status, family size, and community to which a woman belongs on their nutritional status and intake. Very few studies highlighted the sleep pattern in the different trimester and nutritional score of pregnant women. Therefore, the present study was an attempt to evaluate the quality of sleep and nutritional status among pregnant women in field practice areas. Materials and Methods: The present study was a prospective cross-sectional observational study and was carried out in urban and rural field practice areas of the Department of Community Medicine. A total of 104 pregnant women from randomly selected households in both rural and urban areas were included in the study as a convenient sampling. Data on the quality of sleep were collected using standardized Pittsburgh sleep quality index scale from participants, and women dietary diversity score was collected by 24 h diet history in their own language. Result: Of them, 75% have sleep difficulty with a score of >3; 54% of them were consuming more than six food groups in their daily diet. Conclusion: Our study concludes that an imbalance among antenatal mothers between resident areas related to nutrition score was due to literacy status, occupation, and the type of family of the antenatal mothers.