Pnm-4: The Association of Depression and Fetal Sex in Pregnant Women with Sleep Disorder

Background: 79% of the pregnant women suffer from sleep disorders and can affect disorders before, during and after childbirth can be involved in causing depression during pregnancy, according to studies the poor quality of sleep in the second trimester of pregnancy is directly related to depressive symptoms in late pregnancy,Also gender difference may have a role in depression. This study aimed to evaluate the association of depression and fetal sex in pregnant women with sleep disorder. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 972 pregnant women with sleep disorders referring to two selected health care centers in Makou affiliated to Urmia University of Medical Sciences during Jun-Oct 2012. Data collection tools included demographic characteristics questionnaire, Pittsburgh Standard Sleep Quality questionnaire, and Beck Depression standard questionnaires. Sampling was done by convenient sampling. Firstly, Pittsburg Standard Sleep Quality Questionnaire was completed and the pregnant women with sleep disorders were selected as the subjects then demographic characteristics questionnaire and Beck Depression standard questionnaires was completed by women, and statistical methods (Frequency tables, Pearson, independent t test, ANOVA, Chi-squear and fisher) used to analysis. Results: The results indicated that depression of pregnant women with sleep disorder reported 67.3 percent and there were significant association Between Depression and fetal sex. Pregnant women with male fetus experience depression more than women with female fetus (R= 0.067). Conclusion: Given that a large percentage of pregnant women suffer from sleep disorders and along with it from depression. Hope this period, in addition to usual care, special programs for research, Structured psychiatric interview, changing the social circumstances that many women face them, diagnostic and troubleshooting cause of the disturbance takes place.