Quasi-experimental study of effects of lighting on rest, activity and melatonin in postpartum women

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Volcov, Cristina Furtado, Pinheiro, Eliana Moreira, Tsunemi, Miriam Harumi, do Amaral, Fernanda Gaspar, Avelar, Ariane Ferreira Machado, Hocking, Jennifer and Coca, Kelly Pereira. (2021). Quasi-experimental study of effects of lighting on rest, activity and melatonin in postpartum women. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 74(6), p. Article :e20201064. https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1064
AuthorsVolcov, Cristina Furtado, Pinheiro, Eliana Moreira, Tsunemi, Miriam Harumi, do Amaral, Fernanda Gaspar, Avelar, Ariane Ferreira Machado, Hocking, Jennifer and Coca, Kelly Pereira
Abstract

Objectives:
to compare the parameters of the activity/rest cycle of early postpartum breastfeeding women under a controlled and uncontrolled long wavelength ray light regimen.

Methods:
quasi-experimental study with breastfeeding women and their babies during postnatal rooming-in, São Paulo, Brazil. Participants were allocated to either an experimental (intervention) or a comparison group. The intervention involved exposure of the woman in a controlled room with artificial long wavelength ray light at night. Each woman’s level of 6-sulfatoxymelatonin at 24 hours and activity/rest times was analyzed.

Results:
the mean activity/rest times of women in the experimental and comparison groups were similar. The mean percentages of total load of 6-sulfatoxymelatonin during the day and night were similar (p=0.09). At 24 hours, the experimental group presented a significantly lower mean percentage of total load compared to the comparison group (p=0.04).

Conclusions:
women who stayed in the room with long-wavelength artificial light showed no difference in activity/rest and 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels in the early postpartum period.

Keywordscircadian rhythm; lighting; melatonin; nursing; postpartum women
Year2021
JournalRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Journal citation74 (6), p. Article :e20201064
PublisherAssociacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
ISSN1984-0446
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1064
PubMed ID34406235
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Accepted04 Jan 2021
Deposited29 May 2023
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