A Selective Review of Maternal Sleep Characteristics in the Postpartum Period

Hunter, Lauren P.; Rychnovsky, Jacqueline; Yount, Susan M.

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6909.2008.00309.x

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“…The physiological and hormonal changes that postpartum women experience place them at risk of decreased maternal performance 4 . Insomnia and short sleep duration were found to be very common both before and after pregnancy 5 .…”

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Effectiveness of Foot Reflexology and Back Massage in Improving the Quality of Sleep Among Post Caesarean Mothers

Manjuri¹,

Latheef²

2016

Int. J. Res. Ayurveda Pharm.

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Childbirth is one of the challenging occasions in a woman's life. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the foot reflexology and back massage in improving the quality of sleep among the post caesarean mothers. A true experimental-repeated measures design with simple random sampling technique was used to study the control and experimental groups. The quality of sleep was assessed on 120 post caesarean mothers with 40 samples in each group of control, back massage and foot reflexology. Modified Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index Scale was used to assess the quality of sleep. After the pretest, back massage and foot reflexology was given for three consecutive days in the evening for the respective group. The results revealed that the day 2, day 3, and day 4 of back massage and foot reflexology quality of sleep were significantly different from the control day 2, day 3 and day 4 except on day 1. There is an improvement in the quality of sleep from day 1 to day 4. When comparing the pretest and the posttests, the quality of sleep of the control, back massage and foot reflexology day 3, day 4 (posttests) were highly significantly different from control, back massage and foot reflexology day 1 except on day 2. The improvement in the foot reflexology and back massage was better than the control group. The chi square of control and back massage were 13.132, 41.645 whereas chi square of foot reflexology was 101.234. Hence the foot reflexology was better in improving quality of sleep than back massage.

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Effectiveness of Foot Reflexology and Back Massage in Improving the Quality of Sleep Among Post Caesarean Mothers

Manjuri¹,

Latheef²

2016

Int. J. Res. Ayurveda Pharm.

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“…Aside from recommendations such as: rooming-out if desired and longer hospital stays [79], the use of private rooms, bundling of routine tasks, avoidance of non-essential checks, aggressive treatment of pain, and provision of quiet family time [79] along with user-controlled interventions such as the use of privacy signs [80] have been proposed. In our own research, we have examined the impact of infant sleep location on sleep, feeding and well-being at the beginning of life, on the postnatal ward.…”

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Infant Sleep Development: Location, Feeding and Expectations in the Postnatal Period

Russell¹,

Robinson²,

Ball³

2013

TOSLPJ

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Abstract:Coping with sleep disruption is a common difficulty faced by new parents. Here we take a critical, contextual and evolutionary perspective on recent evidence surrounding the development of normal infant sleep in the postnatal period, its relationship with feeding method and the relevance of sleep location. Firstly, we explore the question of defining 'normal' infant sleep, considering the timing of sleep consolidation, cross-cultural and historical perspectives, and the impact of feeding method on infant waking and parental tiredness. In the second part of the review we focus on infant sleep location, physiological and behavioural functioning and sleep safety. We summarise recent research exploring the consequences of alternate infant sleep locations, including in-hospital interventions testing the effect of these sleep locations on outcomes associated with mother-infant proximity. Finally we provide an up-to-date review of SIDS research, including case-control and cross-cultural studies that inform policy-creation and authoritative advice to parents. We find that many researchers still neglect crucial variables affecting infant sleep including sleep location and feeding method and conclude that whilst the field of infant sleep research is well-established, future studies would benefit from consideration of infant evolutionary biology and the heterogeneity of infant care practices, which would lead to valuable new research insights in understanding normal infant sleep.

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“…For mothers, the postpartum period is characterized by twice their usual level of subjective daytime sleepiness, a decrease in sleep efficiency, and three times the number of reported nighttime awakenings compared to during pregnancy [26]. The majority of sleep disturbances are caused by the newborns' sleep and feeding schedules [27]. As previously described, infant sleep cycles are shorter than adults, thus leading to a dyssynchrony among the parent infant dyad.…”

Section: Subjective Sleep Disturbancementioning

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Postpartum Sleep in New Mothers and Fathers

Montgomery‐Downs¹,

Stremler²,

Insana³

2013

TOSLPJ

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Abstract:In this review, we describe postpartum sleep as characterized by marked fragmentation, resulting in nearuniversal fatigue during the initial postpartum period. This sleep disturbance and fatigue are major contributing factors to the onset of affect and mood disturbance, which in turn is strongly associated with an increase in negative infant-parent interactions and adverse infant emotional and cognitive outcomes. Although less-frequently studied, postpartum fathers also experience sleep disturbance and sleepiness associated impairments that impact their families. Despite this, postpartum sleep should be considered a normative developmental period, and the need for intervention can be seen as a byproduct of social and economic expectations that new parents return to the workforce soon after childbirth. Heretofore, there is little evidence to support the efficacy of interventions to improve parent sleep, though some suggest that socially disadvantaged families may benefit most from advice regarding infant and maternal sleep. Also reviewed here is the evidence for a high proportion of children reported to co-sleep with their parents -despite the professional recommendations in the United States -and the need for family education regarding safe co-sleeping. Finally, one obstacle to a woman's decision to breastfeed may be concern about how this will affect her sleep; the evidence for a lack of impact of infant breast feeding on maternal sleep is evident.

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A Selective Review of Maternal Sleep Characteristics in the Postpartum Period

Cited by 183 publications

References 45 publications

Effectiveness of Foot Reflexology and Back Massage in Improving the Quality of Sleep Among Post Caesarean Mothers

Effectiveness of Foot Reflexology and Back Massage in Improving the Quality of Sleep Among Post Caesarean Mothers

Infant Sleep Development: Location, Feeding and Expectations in the Postnatal Period

Postpartum Sleep in New Mothers and Fathers

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