Hazumi Megumi, Nakajima Shun, Adachi Yoshiko
Department of Mental Health Policy and Evaluation, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan.
National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and research, Tokyo, Japan.
Nurs Open. 2021 Mar;8(2):882-889. doi: 10.1002/nop2.695. Epub 2020 Nov 27.
To investigate the association between night waking frequency in 3- to 4-month-old infants and mothers' response to them.
Cross-sectional survey.
We examined 663 mothers of infants aged 3-5 months who attended regular health checks for 4 months at 7 public health centres in Japan between September 2006 and March 2007.
Mother-reported questionnaires were used, measuring the frequency of infants' night waking and four types of responses by mothers. Using multiple regression, the association between number of wakings and each response was evaluated adjusting for covariates, that is mother's (e.g. feelings of worry and bed-sharing) and infant's (e.g. age and sex) demographic variables.
The number of wakings was related to "immediately feeding and/or checking diapers" (β = 0.16, p = .002).This response to infants' night waking may be associated with night waking frequency.
Modifying caregiver responses to infants' night waking by reducing immediate feeding or diaper checks could improve infants' night waking frequency.
探讨3至4个月大婴儿夜间醒来频率与母亲对其反应之间的关联。
横断面调查。
我们调查了2006年9月至2007年3月期间在日本7个公共卫生中心参加为期4个月定期健康检查的663名3至5个月大婴儿的母亲。
采用母亲报告的问卷，测量婴儿夜间醒来的频率以及母亲的四种反应类型。使用多元回归分析，在调整协变量（即母亲的（如担忧情绪和同床睡眠）和婴儿的（如年龄和性别）人口统计学变量）后，评估醒来次数与每种反应之间的关联。
醒来次数与“立即喂奶和/或检查尿布”有关（β = 0.16，p = 0.002）。这种对婴儿夜间醒来的反应可能与夜间醒来频率有关。
通过减少立即喂奶或检查尿布来改变照顾者对婴儿夜间醒来的反应，可能会改善婴儿的夜间醒来频率。
