Hayley E Miller, Samantha L Simpson, Janet Hurtado, Ana Boncompagni, Jane Chueh, Chi-Hung Shu, Fiona Barwick, Stephanie A Leonard, Brendan Carvalho, Pervez Sultan, Nima Aghaeepour, Maurice Druzin, Danielle M Panelli
BACKGROUND: The potential effect modification of sleep on the relationship between anxiety and elevated blood pressure (BP) in pregnancy is understudied. We evaluated the relationship between anxiety, insomnia, and short sleep duration, as well as any interaction effects between these variables, on BP during pregnancy. METHODS: This was a prospective pilot cohort of pregnant people between 23 to 36 weeks' gestation at a single institution between 2021 and 2022...
May 15, 2024: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth