Ozan Aysenur, Bumin Gonca
Altern Ther Health Med. 2025 Sep;31(5):216-225.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of yoga on mothers' stress, mother and child sleep quality, mother's feeding attitude, and child's feeding behavior, in mothers of children having sleep and feeding difficulties.
The study included 55 mothers with children having sleep and feeding problems. Mothers were randomly divided into two groups as yoga (n=29) and control group (n=26). Yoga was practiced via video conferencing method for 8 weeks, 2 days a week, 1 hour a day, while the mothers in the control group did not receive any intervention. The stress levels of the mothers were assessed with the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS); attitudes towards the feeding process with the Infancy and Early Childhood Feeding Process Mother's Attitudes Scale; and their sleep quality with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Infant's feeding problems were evaluated with the Infancy Adaptive Eating Behavior Scale, and sleep problems with the Brief Infant/Child Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ).
A significant difference was found in the stress level (P < .05), sleep quality (P < .05), negative mood, and inadequate feeding attitudes (P < .05) among the sub-parameters of feeding attitudes of mothers in the yoga group post-intervention. Among the children of the mothers in the yoga group, improvements were observed in the frequency of night awakening, nocturnal wakefulness, and in the sub-parameters of feeding behaviors such as reluctance and reactivity (P < .05). Mothers in the control group showed a significant increase in stress levels (P < .05) and a significant decrease in sleep quality (P < .05), whereas there was no significant difference in the sub-parameters of sleep and feeding behaviors of their child (P > .05).
Yoga has positive effects on mothers' stress, sleep quality of mother and child, feeding attitude of mothers, and feeding behavior of child, in mothers of children with sleep and feeding problems.
本研究旨在调查瑜伽对有睡眠和喂养困难儿童的母亲的压力、母婴睡眠质量、母亲的喂养态度以及儿童的喂养行为的影响。
该研究纳入了55名有睡眠和喂养问题儿童的母亲。母亲们被随机分为两组，即瑜伽组（n = 29）和对照组（n = 26）。通过视频会议方式进行为期8周的瑜伽练习，每周2天，每天1小时，而对照组的母亲未接受任何干预。采用感知压力量表（PSS）评估母亲的压力水平；采用婴幼儿喂养过程母亲态度量表评估对喂养过程的态度；采用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）评估睡眠质量。采用婴幼儿适应性进食行为量表评估婴儿的喂养问题，采用简短婴幼儿/儿童睡眠问卷（BISQ）评估睡眠问题。
干预后，瑜伽组母亲喂养态度子参数中的压力水平（P < .05）、睡眠质量（P < .05）、负面情绪和喂养态度不足（P < .05）存在显著差异。在瑜伽组母亲的孩子中，夜间觉醒频率、夜间清醒时间以及诸如不情愿和反应性等喂养行为子参数均有改善（P < .05）。对照组母亲的压力水平显著升高（P < .05），睡眠质量显著下降（P < .05），而其孩子的睡眠和喂养行为子参数无显著差异（P > .05）。
对于有睡眠和喂养问题儿童的母亲，瑜伽对母亲的压力、母婴睡眠质量、母亲喂养态度和儿童喂养行为具有积极影响。
