Assessment of sleep quality and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia

Abstract

Good quality sleep is one of the most important things that we need to keep our bodies healthy. The change in sleep quality and quantity is an expected phenomenon during pregnancy due to mechanical and hormonal factors, poor sleep has an effect on woman’s daily activity performances, behaviour and if it is significant poor sleep could be a potential factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes like prolonged labor, low birth, increased chance of caesarean delivery, birth asphyxia and poor fetal outcomes.