Sleep in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a pilot study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages 105-113

  Goldstein, Cathy A ^a   Lanham, Michael S ^b   Smith, Yolanda R ^b   O'Brien, Louise M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Infertility; In vitro fertilization; Sleep duration

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HABITUAL SLEEP DURATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PILOT STUDY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP EFFICIENCY; SLEEP ONSET LATENCY; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL SLEEP TIME; TREND STUDY; WAKE AFTER SLEEP ONSET;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SLEEP; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85010380035     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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