Abstract
Objectives
Analyze the associations between prenatal cannabis exposure and child sleep outcomes.
Methods
Data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD Study®) was used
to determine whether maternal reports of prenatal cannabis use were associated with
child sleep outcomes among 11,875 children ages 9–10 controlling for covariates including
prenatal substance exposure, mother's education, combined household income, parental
marital status, race, child sex, and child age.
Results
Endorsement of any prenatal cannabis use was associated with symptoms of disorders
of initiating and maintaining sleep, disorders of arousal, sleep wake disorders, disorders
of excessive somnolence, and a summed sleep disorder score (all β > 0.10 and p < 0.03) while frequency of prenatal daily cannabis use was significantly associated
with disorders of excessive somnolence (β = 0.29, p = 0.03).
Conclusions
Although causality is not established, the results suggest potential long-term effects
of prenatal cannabis exposure on sleep and the prudence of abstinence from cannabis
use while pregnant.
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Published online: June 28, 2020
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