A Postpartum Sleep and Fatigue Intervention Feasibility Pilot Study.
The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and cost of a self-management intervention for postpartum fatigue and sleep in socioeconomically disadvantaged urban women. Helping U Get Sleep (HUGS) is a theory-guided intervention developed from the Individual and Family Self-Management Theory. Medicaid-enrolled participants in the United States were recruited from an inpatient postpartum unit. Treatment and attention control interventions were delivered (15 HUGS, 12 comparison) at a week 3 postpartum home visit and 4 follow-up phone calls. Over the 9-week protocol, the HUGS group demonstrated significant improvements in subjective fatigue and subjective sleep disturbance relative to the comparison group. The HUGS intervention was feasible and acceptable, delivered on average, in 100 min and costing US$79 per participant.
a College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA.
Jennifer J
0000-0001-5517-6474
JJ
Doering
a College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA.
Sirin
S
Dogan
D000328:Adult; D005221:Fatigue / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology*; D012648:Self Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*