ผลของโปรแกรมส่งเสริมการนอนหลับต่อคุณภาพการนอนหลับในสตรีตั้งครรภ์

Abstract

Poor quality of sleep in pregnant women affects pregnant women’s physical and psychological health as well as fetal health. The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to examine the effect of the Sleep Enhancement Program on sleep quality among pregnant women. The participants were 52 healthy pregnant women at 29 - 36 gestational weeks receiving antenatal care at Hua Hin Hospital, Prachuap Khiri Khan province from June 2020 to September 2020. The participants were selected according to the inclusion criteria and evenly distributed into the control and experimental groups, matched according to gestational age, pre-experimental sleep quality score and body mass index. The experimental group received the Sleep Enhancement Program with routine care and the control group received only routine care. The research intervention instruments consisted of 1) the Sleep Enhancement Program, 2) a tape for creating guided imagery developed by Jariya Jantaepa (2009) and 3) the Track Record Form on the phone and LINE application. The research instruments included the Personal Data Record and the Thai version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index by Sitasuwan, Bussaratid, Ruttanaumpawan, and Chotinaiwattarakul (2014). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Fisher's exact test, and chi-square test. The results of the research revealed that: 1. The sleep quality of the experimental group was significantly better than that of the control group (t = 6.98, p < .001). 2. The experimental group had a statistically significantly higher proportion of good sleep quality than the control group (p < .001). The results of this study suggest that health care providers can use the sleep enhancement program with routine care to improve sleep quality among pregnant women.