Sleep complaints in early pregnancy. A cross-sectional study among women attending prenatal care in general practice

Table 2 Sleep questions

	Does not have the sleep problem		Does have the sleep problems
			No complaints		Mild complaints		Moderate complaints		Severe complaints
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
“Fall asleep”
Has it taken you a long time to fall asleep in the past week?	1026/1338	77%	30/312	9%	171/312	55%	68/312	22%	43/312	14%
Have you been worried* about taking along time to fall asleep?			0/30	0%	1/171	1%	11/68	16%	13/43	30%
“Waking up too early”
Have you been waking up too early in the past week?	709/1338	53%	124/629	20%	334/629	53%	116/629	18%	55/629	9%
Have you been worried* about waking up too early?			0/124	0%	1/334	0%	16/116	14%	5/55	9%
“Lying awake most of the night”
Have you been lying awake most of the night in the past week?	1155/1338	86%	5/183	3%	58/183	32%	55/183	30%	65/183	35%
Have you been worried* about lying awake most of the night?			0/5	0%	1/58	2%	8/55	15%	16/65	25%

Answers to questions about sleep problems (n = 1338). The answers were divided into two groups: no problems (“does not have the sleep problem”) or when problems were present the women were asked to grade the problem as no, mild, moderate or severe complaints. The percentage shown for the graded problems are subgroups of the whole group concerning problems, while the numbers are exact. Those with a problem were also asked if the problem had worried them (“no, mildly, moderately or severely”)

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