Interaction of sleep between mother and infant

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24593392
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Ehime Prefectural University of Health Science
• Principal Investigator: TAKATA Norimi 愛媛県立医療技術大学, 保健科学部, 助教 (20515803)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ETOU Hiromo 長崎大学, 医歯(薬)学総合研究科, 教授 (10213555) ; HORIUCHI Fumie 愛媛大学, 医学部附属病院, 講師 (50363247) ; OKA Yasuniri 愛媛大学, 医学部附属病院, 准教授 (60419025)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 睡眠 / 母子

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Change in sleep during pregnancy affects psychological and physical aspect of mothers. Mothers who were separated from the infants due to the admission to the NICU showed difficulty initiating sleep two weeks after delivery more often than two months after delivery. At two months after delivery, mothers took less naps than two weeks after delivery, indicating that they are sleep deprived due to baby care.
Video behavior monitoring of newborn and infant was conducted, but there was difficulty recording the babies due to the co-sleeping mothers. Importance of analyzing mother-baby interaction at the home sleep environment especially focusing on the impact of physical contact on sleep hygiene of mother and baby has been emphasized.

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