Research Article

The Efficacy of Integrating Spirituality into Prenatal Care on Pregnant Women’s Sleep: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 3

The comparison of sleep quality between the two groups in three stage (preintervention, 28, and 36 weeks of gestation).

VariablesTimeInterventionControl valueEtaMD value
MeanSDMeanSD

Sleep quality
Total score
Baseline9.452.309.262.150.7566.900.64-3.930.001
28th w5.701.5511.632.060.001
36th w5.401.5611.471.540.001

Subjective sleep qualityBaseline0.80.691.000.660.3619.900.35-0.960.001
28th w0.30.471.580.690.001
36th w0.10.301.530.690.001

Sleep latencyBaseline1.750.631.570.600.3937.490.50-0.790.001
28th w0.850.582.050.620.001
36th w0.800.412.150.600.001

Sleep durationBaseline0.450.820.520.840.777.090.16-0.510.002
28th w0.10.300.730.870.001
36th w000.840.830.001

Sleep efficiencyBaseline3.00.012.940.220.311.050.020.080.31
28th w3.00.012.890.450.31
36th w3.00.012.890.450.31

Sleep disturbancesBaseline0.900.300.890.310.956.070.14-0.260.004
28th w0.550.510.940.220.004
36th w0.600.501.00.010.001

Daytime dysfunctionBaseline0.70.570.780.710.6624.460.41-0.790.001
28th w0.30.471.570.60.001
36th w0.20.411.210.530.001

Sleeping medicationBaseline00000
28th w00000
36th w00000

Independent test; repeated measures ANOVA; mean diff.