Postpartum Sleep in the Hospital

Marilyn L. Evans, Margaret J. Dick, Deborah R. Shields, Deborah M. Shook and Mary Beth Smith
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Marilyn L. Evans: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Margaret J. Dick: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Deborah R. Shields: Womble, Carlyle, Sand Ridge & Rice, Winston-Salem. North Carolina
Deborah M. Shook: Watauga Medical Center, Boone, North Carolina
Mary Beth Smith: Women's Hospital of Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina

Clinical Nursing Research, 1998, vol. 7, issue 4, 379-389

Abstract: This descriptive, correlational study examined the relationship of sleep in the hospital to the new mother's progression through Rubin's phases of taking-in and taking-hold in 120 women who had delivered vaginally. The Martell and Mitchell Postpartum Questionnaire, which measured taking-in and taking-hold, was completed the evening of delivery and the following two mornings. The Verran and Snyder-Halpern Visual Analog Sleep Scale was completed each morning. Both taking-in and taking-hold were present on the evening of delivery. There were small decreases in taking-in and small increases in taking-hold between the evening of delivery and the first morning. Sleep disturbance was high, and sleep effectiveness was low, on the first evening. Neither sleep measure was a predictor of change in taking-in or taking-hold. Findings indicate that taking-in and taking-hold are both present on the day of delivery and that increases in taking-hold take place despite high levels of sleep disturbance.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1177/105477389800700405

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