TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparisons of sleep patterns between mothers in post-partum from 9 to 12 weeks and non-pregnant women
AU - Nishihara, Kyoko
AU - Horiuchi, Shigeko
AU - Eto, Hiromi
AU - Uchida, Sunao
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In order to evaluate two patterns of interrupted and non-interrupted sleep for the post-partum mothers from 9 to 12 weeks after delivery, we compared them with sleep patterns of non-pregnant women. Subjects were 10 primipara and 12 non-pregnant women. Their polysomnographic recordings were made using a Medilog recorder at home. In interrupted sleep, low sleep efficiency, decreased total sleep time, and a decreased percentage of stage 2 were significantly observed compared with non-pregnant women. Sleep parameters of non-interrupted sleep, except for increased percentage of stage 4, did not show any significant differences from non-pregnant women. Mothers' sleep fluctuated between interrupted sleep similar to the early post-partum sleep from 1 to 6 weeks and non-interrupted sleep with increased stage 4.
AB - In order to evaluate two patterns of interrupted and non-interrupted sleep for the post-partum mothers from 9 to 12 weeks after delivery, we compared them with sleep patterns of non-pregnant women. Subjects were 10 primipara and 12 non-pregnant women. Their polysomnographic recordings were made using a Medilog recorder at home. In interrupted sleep, low sleep efficiency, decreased total sleep time, and a decreased percentage of stage 2 were significantly observed compared with non-pregnant women. Sleep parameters of non-interrupted sleep, except for increased percentage of stage 4, did not show any significant differences from non-pregnant women. Mothers' sleep fluctuated between interrupted sleep similar to the early post-partum sleep from 1 to 6 weeks and non-interrupted sleep with increased stage 4.
KW - Polysomnography
KW - Post-partum
KW - Primipara
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00835.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00835.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11422851
AN - SCOPUS:0034979666
SN - 1323-1316
VL - 55
SP - 227
EP - 228
JO - Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
JF - Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
IS - 3
ER -