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Eye-masks and earplugs compared to headband in nulliparas on increasing spontaneous vaginal delivery: a randomized trial

Hong JGS 1 , Vimaladevi A 1 , Razif NA 2 , Omar SZ 1 , Tan PC 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Jalan Profesor Diraja Ungku Aziz, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Dublin 2, College Green, D02 PN40, Ireland
  • 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Jalan Profesor Diraja Ungku Aziz, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [email protected]
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2023 May 24;23(1):378.
PMID: 37226087 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05685-4

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A majority of pregnant women experience sleep disruption during pregnancy, especially in the third trimester. Lack of sleep is associated with preterm birth, prolonged labor and higher cesarean section rate. Six or less hours of night sleep in the last month of pregnancy is associated with a higher rate of caesarean births. Eye-masks and earplugs compared to headband improve night sleep by 30 or more minutes. We sought to evaluate eye-mask and earplugs compared to sham/placebo headbands on spontaneous vaginal delivery.

METHODS: This randomized trial was conducted from December 2019-June 2020. 234 nulliparas, 34-36 weeks' gestation with self-reported night sleep 

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