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- Title
The effects of hormonal contraceptive use on sleep in women: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.
- Authors
Bezerra, Andréia Gomes; Andersen, Monica Levy; Pires, Gabriel Natan; Tufik, Sergio; Hachul, Helena
- Abstract
Summary: Hormonal contraceptives are some of the most widely used medications worldwide, but studies on their effects on sleep are contradictory, with some reporting a sleep‐promoting effect, while others a sleep‐inhibiting effect. Our objective was, therefore, to undertake a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the literature on this subject to try to clarify their effects. A search was conducted in three databases (PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science). Only studies evaluating hormonal contraception use were considered eligible, and both objective and subjective sleep‐related outcomes were considered. Individual effect size was calculated for each article, and meta‐analyses were performed using a DerSimonian and Laird random effects method. The initial search identified 2076 articles, of which 13 met the criteria for the study after full text evaluation. A total of 33 meta‐analyses were performed, three of them related to subjective measures and 30 considering data from polysomnography. The only statistically significant result between contraceptive users and non‐contraceptive users was observed in respect of wake after sleep onset, which was 7 min shorter among contraceptive users (−7.12 [−12.80; −1.44]; I2 = 65%; p = 0.01). In conclusion, hormonal contraceptives are not associated with clinically relevant changes in sleep patterns in women.
- Subjects
CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVES; SLEEP
- Publication
Journal of Sleep Research, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0962-1105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jsr.13757