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Table 2 Sleep quality

From: A postal survey of maternal sleep in late pregnancy

Variable

Response

Before pregnancy n (%)

In last week n (%)

P-value

Difficulty falling asleep

Never/rarely/

   

sometimes

218 (90.1)

180 (74.4)

<.0001

 

Often/every night

24 (9.9)

62 (25.6)

 

Difficulty getting back to sleep

Never/rarely/

   

sometimes

224 (92.4)

145 (59.7)

<.0001

 

Often/every night

19 (7.8)

98 (40.2)

 

Wake up at night

Yes

66 (27.2)

234 (96.3)

<.0001

Go to toilet at night

Yes

101 (41.9)

232 (95.8)

<.0001

If yes, number of times up to toilet

1

82 (86.3)

77 (35.0)

<.0001

2

7 (7.4)

66 (30.0)

 

≥3

6 (6.4)

77 (35.1)

 

Are you a restless sleeper?

No/a little/average

211 (87.2)

105 (43.3)

<.0001

More than average

19 (7.8)

76 (31.4)

 

Very restless

12 (5.0)

61 (25.2)

 

Changed sleep position at night

Not lots*

196 (80.9)

105 (43.8)

<.0001

Lots

46 (19.0)

135 (56.3)

 

Sleep quality self-rating

Very good

124 (51.2)

17 (7.0)

<.0001

Fairly good

75 (31.0)

52 (21.5)

 

Average

33 (13.6)

81 (33.5)

 

Fairly bad

10 (4.1)

74 (30.6)

 

Very bad

0

18 (7.4)

 
  1. * This category consists of the following subcategories: 0, possibly once, possibly twice, >twice but not lots.