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## Objectives: A survey of the effects of pregnancy on parasomnias. ## Material and methods: In an area of a central hospital and the maternity care units in the nearby rural community, women were interviewed during and after their pregnancy with a series of five questionnaires to assess the frequency of their parasomnias. the first questionnaire covered the 3 months before becoming pregnant, the next three the trimesters of pregnancy and the last one the 3 months after delivery. altogether 325 mothers filled all the five questionnaires and constitute the study group. ## Results: The total number of parasomnias declined (p < 0.001) during pregnancy and even more among the primiparas than among the multiparas (difference until third trimester, p=0.02). among various parasomnias reported, sleep talking and sleepwalking decreased from the prepregnant period to the second trimester (22.8 vs 12.6%, change p=0.003), and the reported sleep starts also diminished from the prepregnant time to the first trimester (78.5 vs 63.1%, p < 0.001), but these phenomena did not change further during the follow-up. altogether 55.7% of the women reported having nightmares 3 months before the pregnancy,

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Author

C. Hedman; T. Pohjasvaara; U. Tolonen; A. Salmivaara; V. V. Myllylä

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)