Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , January 2009

Assessing Sleep During Pregnancy: A Study Across Two Time Points Examining the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Associations with Depressive Symptoms

  • Helen Skouteris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Helen Skouteris, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia.
    • ,
  • Eleanor H. Wertheim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Carmela Germano, BBSc (Hons)

      Affiliations

    • La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Susan J. Paxton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Jeannette Milgrom, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Behavioural Science, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Received 11 June 2008 ,Revised 29 October 2008 ,Accepted 30 October 2008.

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 Funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (DP0557181).

PII: S1049-3867(08)00179-5

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.10.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , January 2009

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