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1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Difficulties in childbearing related to change in sleep patterns amon mothers and children

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09470538
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Nursing
Research InstitutionSt. Luke's College of Nursing

Principal Investigator

HORIUCHI Shigeko  St. Luke's College of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (70157056)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ARIMORI Naoko  St. Luke's College of Nursing, Lecturer, 看護学部, 講師 (90218975)
MITSUHASHI Yasuko  St. Luke's College of Nursing, Lecturer, 看護学部, 講師 (30209811)
MORI Akiko  St. Luke's College of Nursing, Associate Professor, 看護学部, 助教授 (60255958)
MOMOI Masako  St. Luke's College of Nursing, Assistant, 看護学部, 助手 (90307124)
KATAGIRI Masumi  St. Luke's College of Nursing, Lecturer, 看護学部, 講師 (80297069)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
KeywordsPostpartum / Sleep logs / Primipara / Actigraph / Infant / Sleep-Wake Rhythm / Polysomnograph / Mother
Research Abstract

We investigated to the difficulties in childbearing relate to change in sleep patterns among mothers and children.
The research consists of five parts, as following;
1) In order to find out changes in sleep patterns from ninth and twelfth weeks in postpartum period, we analyzed Polysomnograph from 10 primiparae. Polysomnographic recordings (EEG, ENG, EOG) of the mothers were made using a Medilog 9200 recorder at home during one night. When infants have obtained their circadian sleep-wake rhythm, mother's sleep fluctuated between interrupted sleep similar to the early postpartum sleep and non-interrupted sleep similar to recovery sleep after sleep deprivation. In addition, there was high synchronization between their wakefulness and their infants' movements
2) In order to investigate mothers' sleep-wake patterns between 5 and 12 weeks in the postpartum period, we analyzed continuous sleep logs. Data from 18 mothers and their infants were analyzed for each postpartum week. There were signif … More icant differences in total sleep time and wake time at night. Wake time at night gradually decreased from the fifth to the twelfth week. A transition from interrupted sleep to non-interrupted sleep was observed from the ninth to twelfth week of postpartum.
3) Actigraphic recordings for the mothers and their infants during 24 hours were made using Actiwach (Mini-Mitter Co.) for the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth weeks. The subjects were seven primiparae and their infants. Mothers' wakefulness during night sleep in the postpartum from Week 3 to 12 relates to the process of their infants' circadian sleep-wake rhythm
4) We evaluated the effect of the "foot bath" for pregnant women experiencing low back pain. A degree of reduction of the strength of pain in the experimental group was greater than that in control group. The "foot bath" that was taken before going to bed was noted to reduce the strength of pain and increased the relaxation.
5) We interviewed 21 mothers from three to twelfth weeks in postpartum periods about difficulties of childbearing. They felt "tight felling" "big discrepancy between realistic and ideal childbearing" "uncertainty the best way in childbearing" and "loss of control" during first four weeks. Less

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  • [Publications] Horiuchi S, Nishihara K.: "Analyses of mothers' sleep logs in postpartum periods"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 53. 135-137 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 江藤宏美、堀内成子: "生後6週間の正常児の睡眠・覚醒の評価-actigraphとstateの比較"聖路加看護学会誌. 3(1). 19-24 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara K., Horiuchi S, et al: "Mothers' wakefulness at night in the postpartum period is related to their infants' circadian sleep-wake rhythm"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. (in press). (2000)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara, K., Horiuchi, S. et al: "Changes in sleep patterns of mothers and movements of their infants during night from nine twelve weeks in postpartum periods: a preliminary study"11th Annual Meeting of APSS (Associated Professional Sleep Societies). (1997)

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  • [Publications] Horiuchi, S., Katagiri, M., et al.: "Changes in Patterns of mothers' sleep logs during the postpartum period"JANS Third International Nursing Research Conference. (1998)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara, K., Hiriuchi, S., & Uhcida, S.: "Changes in sleep patterns of mothers and their infants' movements at night in postpartum"Second International Conference on Human-Environment System. (1998)

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  • [Publications] Horuichi, S., Mori, A. et al: "Synchronization between mother and infant sleep patterns during the breast-feeding period"The 2nd biennial Women's and Children's Health Issues:A Global perspective. (1999)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara, K., Horiuchi, S. et al: "Mothers' wakefulness at night in the postpartum period relates to a process of their infants' circadian sleep-wake rhythm"World Federation of Sleep Research Societies, Third International Congress. (1999)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara, K., Horiuchi, S. et al: "Comparison of sleep patterns between mothers in the postpartum from nine to twelve weeks and non-pregnant women"14th Annual Meeting of APSS (Associated Professional Sleep Societies). (2000)

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  • [Publications] 堀内成子、西原京子: "産褥期における母親の睡眠日誌の分析"日本睡眠学会第23回学術集会. (1998)

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  • [Publications] 西原京子、堀内成子、内田直: "産褥9週、12週の母親の夜間睡眠パターンと子供の動きの変化"日本睡眠学会第23回学術集会. (1998)

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  • [Publications] 堀内成子、西原京子 他: "生後5週から12週までのこどもの睡眠日誌の分析"日本睡眠学会第24回学術集会. (1999)

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  • [Publications] 西原京子、堀内成子 他: "産褥3週から12週までの母親の睡眠中の中途覚醒と子供の慨日リズム形成との関係"日本睡眠学会第24回学術集会. (1999)

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  • [Publications] 江藤宏美、堀内成子 他: "産褥3か月までの母子の眠りの関連性"日本助産学会第14回学術集会. (2000)

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  • [Publications] Horiuchi,S.& Nishihara,K: "Analyses of mother's sleep logs in postpartum periods"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 53. 135-137 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Eto,H.&Horiuchi,S.: "Assessment of sleep-wake states during the first six weeks of life-actigraph versus behavioral state"Joumal of St.Luke's Society for Nursing Research. 3(1). 19-24 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara,K, Horiuchi,S.,Eto,H,& Uchida, S: "Mother's wakefulness at night in the postpartum period is related to their infants' circadian sleep-wake rhythm"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. (in press). (2000)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara,K, Horiuchi,S.,& Uchida, S.: "Changes in sleep patterns of mothers and movements of their infants during night from nine twelve weeks in postpartum periods."A preliminary study.11ィイD1thィエD1 Annual Meeting of APSS (Associated Professional Sleep Societies)June 10-15 San Francisco (USA).. (1997)

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  • [Publications] Horiuchi,S., Katagiri,M., Kataka,Y., Arimori,N., Mitsuhashi,Y., Mori,A., & Eto,H.: "Changes in patterns of mothers' sleep logs during the postpartum period."JANS Third International Nursing Research Conference, Sep.16-18 Tokoo. (1998)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara,K, Horiuchi,S.,& Uchida, S.: "Changes in sleep patterns of mothers and their infants' movements at night in postpartum."Second International Conference on Human-Environment System, Nov.30-Dec, Yokohama.. (1998)

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  • [Publications] Horiuchi,S.,Mori,A., Katagiri,M., Mitsuhashi,Y., Arimori,N., Kataoka,Y., Momoi, M., & Eto, H: "Synchronization between mather and infant sleep pattms during the breast-feeding period"The 2ィイD1ndィエD1 Biennial Women's and children's Health Issues: A Global Perspective, Aug 9-11, Hawaii (USA).. (1999)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara,K, Horiuchi,S., Eto,H., & Uchida, S.: "Mother's wakefulness at night in the postpartum period is related to aprocess of their infants' circadian sleep-wake rhythm, World Federation of Sleep Research Societies."Third International Congress, Oct.5-9 Dresden (Germany).. (1999)

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  • [Publications] Nishihara,K, Horiuchi,S., Eto,H., & Uchida, S.: "Comparison of sleep pattems between mathes in the postpartum from nine to twelve weeks and non-pregnant women."14ィイD1thィエD1 Annual Meeting of APSS (Associated Professional Sleep Societies)June 17-22, Las Vegas (USA).. (2000)

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