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A Cross-Sectional Study of Maternal Sleep Quality in the First Two Years of Childcare

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 13 (2025): Issue 4 (December 2025)
By: Sanja Gjorgjeva,  Marija Topuzovska-Latkovikj,  Mirjana Dimovska and  Dragan Gjorgjev  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2025.12086 | Journal eISSN: 1857-9655
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Language: English
Page range: 191 - 198
Submitted on: Oct 2, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 5, 2025
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Published on: Dec 15, 2025
Published by: Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Early childhood,
Maternal sleep,
North Macedonia,
Postpartum,
Sleep quality,
Sleep disturbances
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Assistive professions, nursing,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other

© 2025 Sanja Gjorgjeva, Marija Topuzovska-Latkovikj, Mirjana Dimovska, Dragan Gjorgjev, published by Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License.

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