Nighttime Sleep, Daytime Napping, and Labor Outcomes in Healthy Pregnant Women in Taiwan.

Autor: Tsai, Shao-Yu, Lin, Jou-Wei, Kuo, Lu-Ting, Lee, Chien-Nan, Landis, Carol A.
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Zdroj: Research in Nursing & Health; Dec2013, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p612-622, 11p
Abstrakt: We prospectively examined the associations of nighttime and daytime sleep during the third trimester of pregnancy with labor duration and risk of cesarean deliveries in a convenience sample of 120 nulliparous women who completed sleep-related questionnaires and wore wrist actigraphs for up to 7 days. Nap duration and 24-hour sleep duration were inversely associated with labor duration in women with vaginal delivery. Neither actigraphy-derived nor self-reported sleep variables were associated with type of delivery (e.g., vaginal, cesarean). Results showed a beneficial effect of sleep on labor duration and suggest that studies of sleep duration effects on labor and pregnancy outcomes require a consideration of the amount of both daytime and nighttime sleep. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 36: 612-622, 2013 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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