Sleep Patterns, Sleep Adequacy, and Medication Use in the Postpartum Period
Abstract
Alterations in sleep of postpartum women are well documented phenomena. A group of 35 healthy postpartum women were studied using secondary analysis to describe two sleep parameters and medication use and to identify relationships among these variables. The descriptive data indicated the use of postpartum analgesia peaked on the first postpartum day. On the first postpartum night, 33 of the 35 subjects were observed to have at least one opportunity for sleep; and 24 of the 25 subjects on the second night were observed to have at least one opportunity. On all three self-reported measures of sleep adequacy, the number of subjects who described their sleep more favorably increased from the first night to the second. From the chi-square analyses, those subjects who had no labor analgesia or only short acting analgesia. No significant associations were found between medication use on the first day and sleep parameters of the second night. The isolated relationships indicated no consistent patterns between medication use and the sleep parameters. Theses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA196681
Entities
People
- Susan E. Grant
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology