A short patient questionnaire to measure sleep after childbirth
Development and Validation of a PROMIS-based Measure to Assess Postpartum Sleep
We're making an easy questionnaire to help people who recently had a baby describe and find sleep problems.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Stanford University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Stanford, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11166685 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You may be asked to answer questions about your sleep, nighttime feedings, awakenings, and caregiving to help design a new postpartum sleep questionnaire. Researchers will interview diverse new parents, refine questions, and compare answers with wrist-worn sleep monitors and brief clinical interviews so the survey reflects real sleep patterns. They will then test the questionnaire in a larger, racially and geographically diverse group to confirm it works reliably for different people. The goal is a quick tool clinics and researchers can use to spot postpartum sleep problems and link them to mood or recovery needs.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are people who recently gave birth and are willing to complete surveys and, in some cases, wear a wrist sleep monitor or take part in brief clinical interviews.
Not a fit: People who are not postpartum, unwilling to complete surveys or wear a wrist device, or who need immediate emergency care are unlikely to benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could get quicker recognition of postpartum sleep problems and earlier support for sleep-related depression and recovery.
How similar studies have performed: PROMIS-style questionnaires have worked well in other health areas, but current sleep surveys miss postpartum-specific issues, so this work builds on established methods while filling a novel gap.
Where this research is happening
Stanford, United States
- Stanford University — Stanford, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Sultan, Pervez — Stanford University
- Study coordinator: Sultan, Pervez
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.