Flinders University, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Research Department, Nanit, New York, New York, USA.
Sleep Health. 2021 Feb;7(1):19-23. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2020.11.004. Epub 2020 Nov 23.
This study longitudinally compared the sleep of infants in the United States whose mothers were in home confinement to those whose mothers were working as usual throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mothers of 572 infants (46% girls) aged 1-12 months (M = 5.9, standard deviation = 2.9) participated. Assessments were conducted on 4 occasions from late March to May 2020. Infant sleep was measured objectively using auto-videosomnography. Mothers reported their sheltering status, demographic characteristics, and infant sleep.
Infants of mothers in home confinement had later sleep offset times and longer nighttime sleep durations, compared to infants of mothers who were working as usual. At the end of March, these infants also had earlier bedtimes, more nighttime awakenings, and more parental nighttime visits, but differences were not apparent during April and May.
Living restrictions issued in the United States may have led to longer sleep durations and temporary delays in sleep consolidation for infants of mothers in home confinement.
本研究对美国在 COVID-19 大流行期间处于居家隔离状态的母亲所生婴儿和照常工作的母亲所生婴儿的睡眠情况进行了纵向比较。
572 名 1-12 个月大的婴儿（46%为女孩）的母亲参与了本研究（M=5.9，标准差=2.9）。从 2020 年 3 月下旬到 5 月进行了 4 次评估。使用自动视频多导睡眠图对婴儿睡眠进行客观测量。母亲报告了她们的隔离状态、人口统计学特征和婴儿睡眠情况。
与照常工作的母亲所生婴儿相比，处于居家隔离状态的母亲所生婴儿的睡眠潜伏期更晚，夜间睡眠时间更长。在 3 月底，这些婴儿的就寝时间更早，夜间醒来次数更多，夜间父母探视次数更多，但在 4 月和 5 月这些差异并不明显。
美国发布的生活限制措施可能导致处于居家隔离状态的母亲所生婴儿的睡眠时间延长和睡眠巩固暂时延迟。
