Highlights. Having a fragile preterm infant who required long-term hospitalization contributes ... more Highlights. Having a fragile preterm infant who required long-term hospitalization contributes to elevated emotional distress. Presence of a cesarean birth was associated with lower maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms and PTS symptoms Having a support person was associated with lower maternal PTS symptoms Attention should be given to postpartum mothers who have complications during birth such preterm birth or cesarean birth.
ABSTRACT Because of the vulnerability of preterm infants and the important functions of sleep to ... more ABSTRACT Because of the vulnerability of preterm infants and the important functions of sleep to health and recovery, researchers have used the assessment of sleep-wake states extensively in research with preterm infants. Sleep-wake states have been used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of interventions, as an outcome measure of interventions to promote sleep-wake state development and as a predictor of developmental outcome. The usual observations of infant behavior and polysomnography methods of sleep-wake state assessment are very resource-intensive, therefore limiting their widespread use. The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of a new, less resource-intensive, instrumented measure of infant sleep-wake states using infant respiration, body movements, and rapid eye movements against an accepted behavioral observation measure. The instrumented measure demonstrated significant reliability for assessing sleep states but was less reliable for waking states.
Highlights. Having a fragile preterm infant who required long-term hospitalization contributes ... more Highlights. Having a fragile preterm infant who required long-term hospitalization contributes to elevated emotional distress. Presence of a cesarean birth was associated with lower maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms and PTS symptoms Having a support person was associated with lower maternal PTS symptoms Attention should be given to postpartum mothers who have complications during birth such preterm birth or cesarean birth.
ABSTRACT Because of the vulnerability of preterm infants and the important functions of sleep to ... more ABSTRACT Because of the vulnerability of preterm infants and the important functions of sleep to health and recovery, researchers have used the assessment of sleep-wake states extensively in research with preterm infants. Sleep-wake states have been used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of interventions, as an outcome measure of interventions to promote sleep-wake state development and as a predictor of developmental outcome. The usual observations of infant behavior and polysomnography methods of sleep-wake state assessment are very resource-intensive, therefore limiting their widespread use. The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of a new, less resource-intensive, instrumented measure of infant sleep-wake states using infant respiration, body movements, and rapid eye movements against an accepted behavioral observation measure. The instrumented measure demonstrated significant reliability for assessing sleep states but was less reliable for waking states.
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