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The effect of sleep on depressive symptoms in women in the early
Sochůrková, Anna ; Šebela, Antonín (advisor) ; Šmotek, Michal (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the relationship between sleep and depressive symptoms in postpartum women. The theoretical section begins with a general overview of postpartum depression and its differentiation from other postpartum psychiatric disorders, focusing on diagnostic criteria, its treatment, and its impact on the child. The next part of the section includes a description of bio-psycho-social changes in women after childbirth. The focus of the thesis is the analysis of sleep and its disturbances in the postpartum period, which I first describe in general and then in more detail in connection with emotion regulation and the development of postpartum depression. At the end of the thesis, I focus on interventions for postpartum women, where special attention is given to light therapy. In the research segment, quantitative research is conducted to investigate the effect of blue-light blocking glasses (BLB) on sleep quality and depressive symptoms in post-partum women. Twelve female respondents were included in the main research. Participants were assigned to the intervention for a period of 4 weeks. The effectiveness of the glasses was assessed by comparing the results from the pre- and post-intervention questionnaires. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used to assess...

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