Talks：	Sleep in Postpartum Women and Their Infants
Name：	蔡劭瑜
Position：	Associate Professor/Adjunct Supervisor
Affiliation：	School of Nursing, National Taiwan University Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital
Email：	stsai@ntu.edu.tw
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Research Interests：	Pediatric Nursing; Sleep in Women and Children
Selected Publications：	◆Tsai SY, Hu WY, Lee YL, Wu CY*. Infant sleep problems: a qualitative analysis of first-time mothers' coping experience. Midwifery. 2014 Jun;30(6):750-5. ◆Tsai SY*, Lin JW, Kuo LT, Lee CN, Landis CA. Nighttime sleep, daytime napping, and labor outcomes in healthy pregnant women in Taiwan. Research in Nursing & Health. 2013 Dec;36(6):612-22. ◆Tsai SY*, Thomas KA, Lentz MJ, Barnard KE. Light is beneficial for infant circadian entrainment: an actigraphic study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2012 Aug;68(8):1738-47. ◆Tsai SY, Ward T, Lentz MJ, Kieckhefer GM*. Daytime physical activity levels in school-age children with and without asthma. Nursing Research. 2012 Jul-Aug;61(4):252-9. ◆Tsai SY*, Thomas KA. Sleep disturbances and depressive symptoms in healthy postpartum women: a pilot study. Research in Nursing & Health. 2012 Jun;35(3):314-23. ◆Tsai SY*, Lin JW, Kuo LT, Thomas KA. Daily sleep and fatigue characteristics in nulliparous women during the third trimester of pregnancy. Sleep. 2012 Feb 1;35(2):257-62. ◆Tsai SY*, Barnard KE, Lentz MJ, Thomas KA. Mother-infant activity synchrony as a correlate of the emergence of circadian rhythm. Biological Research for Nursing. 2011 Jan;13(1):80-8. ◆Tsai SY*, Thomas KA. Actigraphy as a measure of activity and sleep for infants: a methodologic study. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2010 Nov;164(11):1071-2. ◆Kieckhefer GM*, Lentz MJ, Tsai SY, Ward TM. Parent-child agreement in report of nighttime respiratory symptoms and sleep disruptions and quality. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 2009 Sep-Oct;23(5):315-326. ◆Tsai SY, Burr RL, Thomas KA*. Effect of external motion on correspondence between infant actigraphy and maternal diary. Infant Behavior and Development. 2009 Jun;32(3):340-3. ◆Tsai SY*, Barnard KE, Lentz MJ, Thomas KA. Twenty-four hours light exposure experiences in postpartum women and their 2–10-week-old infants: An intensive within-subject design pilot study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2009 Feb;46(2):181–188. ◆Kieckhefer GM*, Ward TM, Tsai SY, Lentz MJ. Nighttime sleep and daytime nap patterns in school age children with and without asthma. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2008 Oct;29(5):338-344. ◆Tsai SY, Labyak SE, Richardson LP, Lentz MJ, Brandt PA, Ward TM, Landis CA*. Actigraphic sleep and daytime naps in adolescent girls with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2008 Apr;33(3):307-11. ◆Thomas KA*, Tsai SY, Brown SN. State change in preterm infants in response to nursing caregiving: possible gender effects. Neonatal Network. 2008 Jan-Feb;27(1):15-22.
Abstract：	Postpartum women typically bear the brunt of sleep disturbance due to the interplay of physiological influences and socio-cultural factors related to women’s roles. A national survey in the US showed that 48% of postpartum women reported receiving no help with night-time infant care. Development of an infant’s sleep-wake rhythm that is entrained to the light-dark cycle has long been a classic topic in infant care. Failure to develop such rhythms creates tremendous stress for parents and caregivers. This talk will cover some of the research findings from our previous quantitative, qualitative, and methodologic studies in postpartum women and their infants.