An Investigation of the Relationship Between the Chronotypes of Mothers Who Had Normal Delivery and Various Characteristics of Them and Their Babies

Year 2022, , 768 - 773, 31.12.2022

Eda Baytaş , Dilek Erdem , H. Bayram Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1181497

Abstract

Introduction: Biological changes in human metabolism due to daylight and heat are expressed as circadian rhythm, and its classification according to individuals and their genetic differences is called chronotype. In recent years, there has been an increase in studies examining the relationship between circadian rhythm and birth. Purpose: This study’s first aim was to investigate the relationship between the chronotypes of mothers and time of birth, season, meridians in which they were born, and the gender of their babies. Its second aim was to examine the relationship between the birth times and chronotypes of pregnant women and the time of their deliveries.
Method: The study was conducted among women presented to Alanya Training and Research Hospital Gynecology and Obstetrics Polyclinic between 01.02.2022 and 31.03.2022. The study included 147 women remembering the date and time of delivery. Participants were selected among the mothers who gave a normal birth, did not have labor induction, whose birth started with spontaneous contractions, and had a healthy pregnancy. A questionnaire form including sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric information, and Horne and Östberg's Morningness- Eveningness scale were applied face to face. One-way ANOVA, Chi-Square, and logistic regression analyses were employed to analyze the data.
Results: The chronotypes of the participants revealed that 45 women (30.6%) were morning type, 90 women were intermediate type (61.2%), and 12 women were evening type (8.2%). No difference was found between the chronotype scores of the mothers and the birth hours of their babies (p = .324). There was no difference between mothers' chronotype scores and birth meridians (p = .842). In addition, no significant relationship was found between the mothers' own birth hours and the birth hours of their babies (p= .050).
Conclusion: There was no relationship between birth time, season, gender, birth meridian, and chronotype. The limitation of the study may be related to the recall bias, the effect of confounding factors, and the sample size. However, we think it is an interesting field in terms of providing a different perspective on the differences in performance and mood of people with further studies regarding chronotype.

Keywords

Chronotype, Morningness, Eveningness, Time of Birth, Meridian of Birth.

Normal Doğum Yapan Annelerin Kronotipleri ile Kendilerinin ve Bebeklerinin Çeşitli Özellikleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Giriş: İnsan metabolizmasının karanlık ve ısıya bağlı olarak gösterdiği biyolojik değişikliklere sirkadiyen ritim, bireysel ve genetik farklılıklara göre sınıflandırılması da kronotip olarak ifade edilmektedir. Son yıllarda sirkadiyen ritim ile doğum arasındaki ilişkiyi inceleyen çalışmalarda artış görülmektedir. Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı annelerin kronotipleri ile annenin doğum saati, mevsimi, meridyeni ve bebeklerinin cinsiyetleri arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmaktır. İkincil amacımız gebelerin kendi doğum saatleri ve kronotipleri ile yaptıkları doğumların saatleri arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Yöntem: Araştırma 01.02.2022- 31.03.2022 tarihleri arasında Alanya Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Polikliniğine başvuran kadınlar arasında yapılmıştır. Doğum tarihini, saatini hatırlayan, doğumu spontan kasılmalarla başlayan, doğum indüksiyonu yapılmayan, sezeryan olmayan ve sağlıklı bir gebelik geçiren normal doğum yapan 147 kadın çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Katılımcılara sosyodemografik özellikleri, obstetrik bilgileri ve Horne ve Östberg’in Sabahçıl-Akşamçıl ölçeğini içeren anket formu yüz yüze şekilde uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde Oneway ANOVA, Kİ-KARE ve lojistik regresyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılanların kronotipleri sabahçıl tip 45 kadın (% 30.6), ara tip 90 kadın (% 61.2), akşamcıl tip 12 kadın (% 8.2) olarak belirlenmiştir. Annelerin kronotip puanları ile bebeklerinin doğum saatleri arasında yapılan analizde fark bulunamamıştır (p = .324). Annelerin kronotip puanları ile doğum meridyenleri arasında da fark saptanmamıştır (p = .842). Annelerin kendi doğum saatleri ile bebeklerinin doğum saatleri arasında eşitlik saptanmıştır 0Sonuç: Çalışma sonuçlarında doğum saati, mevsim, cinsiyet, doğum meridyeni ile kronotip arasında ilişki bulunamamıştır. Çalışmanın sınırlılığı hatırlama yanlılığı, kafa karıştırıcı faktörlerin etkisi ve örneklem büyüklüğü ile ilgili olabilir. Ancak kronotip ile çalışmaların ve bilginin artışı ile kişilerin performans ve duygu durum konusundaki farklılıklarına farklı bir bakış açısı sunması açısından ilgi çekici bir alan olduğunu düşünmekteyiz.

Keywords

: Kronotip, Sabahçıl-Akşamcıl, Doğum Saati, Doğum Meridyeni

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