{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Association Between Gestational Weeks, Initial Maternal Perception of Fetal Movement, and Individual Interoceptive Differences in Pregnant Women: Cross-Sectional Study.
{Author}: Furusho M;Noda M;Sato Y;Suetsugu Y;Morokuma S;
{Journal}: Asian Pac Isl Nurs J
{Volume}: 8
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2024 Jun 26
暂无{DOI}: 10.2196/57128
{Abstract}: <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Interoception encompasses the conscious awareness of homeostasis in the body. Given that fetal movement awareness is a component of interoception in pregnant women, the timing of initial detection of fetal movement may indicate individual differences in interoceptive sensitivity.<BR><B>OBJECTIVE: </B>The aim of this study is to determine whether the association between the gestational week of initial movement awareness and interoception can be a convenient evaluation index for interoception in pregnant women.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>A cross-sectional study was conducted among 32 pregnant women aged 20 years or older at 22-29 weeks of gestation with stable hemodynamics in the Obstetric Outpatient Department. Interoception was assessed using the heartbeat-counting task, with gestational weeks at the first awareness of fetal movement recorded via a questionnaire. Spearman rank correlation was used to compare the gestational weeks at the first awareness of fetal movement and heartbeat-counting task scores.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>A significant negative correlation was found between the gestational weeks at the first fetal movement awareness and heartbeat-counting task performance among all participants (r=-0.43, P=.01) and among primiparous women (r=-0.53, P=.03) but not among multiparous women.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Individual differences in interoception appear to correlate with the differences observed in the timing of the first awareness of fetal movement.