Sleep patterns and fatigue in new mothers and fathers.
Sleep patterns and fatigue in new mothers and fathers.
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DOI：
10.1177/1099800403262142
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发表时间：
2004-04-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Lee, Shih-Yu
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作者：
Gay, Caryl L;Lee, Kathryn A;Lee, Shih-Yu
这项研究的目的是描述母亲和父亲在分娩前后的睡眠模式和疲劳情况。作者使用腕部活动记录仪和问卷调查来评估 72 对夫妇在怀孕最后一个月和产后第一个月的睡眠和疲劳情况。与怀孕最后一个月相比，父母双方在产后期间夜间睡眠受到更多干扰。与父亲相比，随着时间的推移，母亲的24小时睡眠模式保持稳定，婴儿出生后，母亲晚上睡眠较少，白天睡眠较多。睡眠模式还与父母的工作状况和婴儿喂养方式有关。父母双方均表示，产后第一个月的睡眠障碍和疲劳程度高于怀孕期间。母亲报告的睡眠障碍比父亲更多，但疲劳程度没有性别差异。当客观测量整个 24 小时的睡眠时，在这两个时间点，父亲获得的总睡眠时间都少于母亲。需要进一步的研究来确定母亲和父亲睡眠不足的持续时间，评估睡眠中断和睡眠不足对心理社会功能和工作表现的影响，并制定改善新父母睡眠模式的干预措施。
The purpose of this study was to describe the sleep patterns and fatigue of both mothers and fathers before and after childbirth. The authors used wrist actigraphy and questionnaires to estimate sleep and fatigue in 72 couples during their last month of pregnancy and 1st month postpartum. Both parents experienced more sleep disruption at night during the postpartum period as compared to the last month of pregnancy. Compared to fathers, with their stable 24-h sleep patterns over time, mothers had less sleep at night and more sleep during the day after the baby was born. Sleep patterns were also related to parents' work status and type of infant feeding. Both parents self-reported more sleep disturbance and fatigue during the 1st month postpartum than during pregnancy. Mothers reported more sleep disturbance than fathers, but there was no gender difference in ratings of fatigue. At both time points, fathers obtained less total sleep than mothers when sleep was objectively measured throughout the entire 24-h day. Further research is needed to determine the duration of sleep loss for both mothers and fathers, to evaluate the effect of disrupted sleep and sleep loss on psychosocial functioning and job performance, and to develop interventions for improving sleep patterns of new parents.