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- The study aimed to compare the activity/rest cycles of early postpartum breastfeeding women under two different lighting regimens: controlled long wavelength ray light and regular lighting.
- A quasi-experimental study in São Paulo, Brazil involved breastfeeding women and their babies, allocating them to either an experimental group with controlled lighting at night or a comparison group.
- Results showed that while the activity/rest patterns and melatonin levels were similar overall, the experimental group had a significantly lower melatonin percentage at 24 hours, suggesting no significant benefit from the long-wavelength light exposure.
Article 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.
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