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The Relationship Between Adherence to the MIND Diet and Maternal Anxiety and Sleep Disorders
Afsane Bahrami1,2, Zahra Zamaninasab3, Zahra Khorasanchi4
1Clinical Research Development Unit, Imam Reza Hospita, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Objectives:
Maternal diet is essential for the mother's and infant's health. Our Study aimed to evaluate the relationship between breastfeeding mothers' psychological distress and the Mediterranean diet and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet.
Methods:
The data were collected in a cross-sectional survey conducted by the authors in 2021. Psychological parameters were assessed in 350 breastfeeding mothers using the Quality of Life (QL) Questionnaire, Depression Scale, Anxiety Questionnaire, and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). A Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) assessed adherence to the MIND diet.
Results:
Mothers in the highest tertile of the MIND diet had significantly lower maternal sleep disturbance scores (3.71 ± 3.61 vs. 5.28 ± 3.89; P < 0.001), lower anxiety scores (30.86 ± 7.49 vs. 32.89 ± 7.90; P-value = 0.01) and better maternal mental health (21.58 ± 3.68 vs. 20.76 ± 3.15) compared to those in the lowest tertile. After controlling for potential confounders, adherence to the MIND pattern was associated with less maternal sleep disturbance (β = 0.89; 95%CI: 0.82-0.96).
Conclusions:
for practice. Adherence to the MIND diet is potentially associated with less sleep disturbance in breastfeeding mothers.
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