SLEEP QUALITY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE UNIT AT WOLKITE TOWN PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY GURAGE ZONE CENTRAL ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Background: A basic physiological requirement for both mental and physical well-being is sleep. Variations in the length and quality of sleep as well as the occurrence of symptoms while you sleep are linked to the quality of your sleep. Sleep problems are fammilar during pregnancy, but they are not diagnosed and not investigated. Objectives: To determine the magnitude of poor sleep quality and related factors among pregnant mother visiting antenatal care unit at wolkite town public health facilities, Gurage zone, central, Ethiopia, 2025. Methods: Institution-based cross-sectional study was employed among 409 pregnant mother visiting ANC service that were pick out by using systematic sampling method at Wolkite town public health service from January 1 to January 30/2025. A systematic sampling technique was performed to pick out study participants; the data was composed by apply a structured interview questionnaire and spell out applying Statistical Package for the social sciences with version 25 and for related factors using Binary logistic regression model with adjusted odds ratio at 95% confidence interval and p-values < 0.05 were applied to announce significant association. Results: Out of the sample size, 409 pregnant mother, 400 of them involved in the study with a response rate of 97.8%. The overall magnitude of poor sleep quality among pregnant women was ―54.8% (95%CI: 49.7-59.7). Monthly household income of the pregnant women (AOR: 8.61; 95% CI: 5.10-14.55), poor sleep hygiene practice during pregnancy (AOR: 2.81; 95%CI: 1.53- 5.17), depression (AOR: 4.81; 95% CI: 2.11-11.21) and history of abortion (AOR: 2.44; 95%CI: 1.25-4.78) were significantly associated with poor sleep quality. Conclusion and Recommendation: This study shows that magnitude of poor sleep quality among pregnant mother was high. Factors such as monthly household income, exposure of abortion, poor sleep hygiene practice and depressive symptoms were associated with poor sleep quality among pregnant women. Health services should implement detect for sleep quality as part of ongoing antenatal visit, counsel effectively and those who have psychiatric symptoms linked to a psychiatry unit.