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Assessing Sleep Efficiency Of Nulliparous Women In The Third Trimester Of Pregnancy, Ran Hu
Assessing Sleep Efficiency Of Nulliparous Women In The Third Trimester Of Pregnancy, Ran Hu
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Objectives: Pregnant women in the third trimester are more likely to experience sleep disorders, resulting in adverse effects on fetal health. This study aimed to evaluate the sleep efficiency (SE) of nulliparous women in their late pregnancy.
Methods: Data was extracted from the National Sleep Research Resource focusing on nulliparous women (n = 1,803) in their third trimester of pregnancy. The two-sample Wilcoxon test for continuous variables and the Chi-square test for categorical variables were used based on a normal SE cut-off of 0.85. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (Lasso) was used to find the risk …