Effectiveness of preventive parental education delivered from pregnancy to 1 month postpartum for improving infant sleep and parental sleep and depression: a systematic review

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate how preventive parental education during pregnancy and the postpartum period impacts sleep and depression levels in both infants and parents.
• Conducted a systematic review of existing literature
• Analyzed studies focused on parental education from pregnancy to one month postpartum
• Measured outcomes related to infant sleep, parental sleep, and depression levels
• Preventive parental education led to improved infant sleep patterns
• Parents reported better sleep quality after education interventions
• Reduction in depressive symptoms among parents was noted following education