None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Following on from the meta-analysis findings that pregnant women who subjectively report going to sleep on their back are at higher risk of stillbirth, the purpose of this project is to objectively characterise overnight sleep position during pregnancy by using more precise measurement techniques over a longer period of time. This assessment of supine sleep during pregnancy will also help to collect data on the relationship between sleeping on the back during pregnancy and lower fetal birthweight as a risk factor for stillbirth, to inform future study designs and power calculations.
Interventions
Sleeping position during pregnancy will be objectively measured by the GENEActiv raw data accelerometer overnight for 7 consecutive nights in the participants home, between 32-36 weeks of gestation.
The GENEActiv will be worn around the top of the abdomen attached to a stretchy material belt. It will be worn by the participant from when they first get into bed at night until when they wake and start their day in the morning.
Sponsors
Metro North
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Persons with a singleton pregnancy in the third trimester (28 weeks of gestation onward), capable of giving informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
known fetal abnormalities or pregnancy complications including pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, fetal growth restriction, smokers, multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets), under 18 years of age, unable to give informed consent.
Outcome results
None listed