Association Between Gestational Weeks, Initial Maternal Perception of Fetal Movement, and Individual Interoceptive Differences in Pregnant Women: Cross-Sectional Study

Association Between Gestational Weeks, Initial Maternal Perception of Fetal Movement, and Individual Interoceptive Differences in Pregnant Women: Cross-Sectional Study

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. The aim of this stu...

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Published in:Asian/Pacific Island nursing journal Vol. 8; p. e57128
Main Authors: Furusho, Miku, Noda, Minami, Sato, Yoko, Suetsugu, Yoshiko, Morokuma, Seiichi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Canada JMIR Publications 26-06-2024
Subjects:
Cross-sectional studies
Electrocardiography
Fertility
Legalization
Obstetrics
Original Paper
Pregnancy
Questionnaires
Women
associations
senses
association
obstetric
fetal
perception
gestational weeks
awareness
heartbeat counting task
fetal movement
gestation
pregnant
sensing
interoception
pregnancy
sense
correlations
gestational
interoceptive
perceptions
correlation
internal stimuli
obstetrics
fetus
internal stimulus
maternal
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Summary: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. 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. 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. 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. Individual differences in interoception appear to correlate with the differences observed in the timing of the first awareness of fetal movement.
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ISSN:2373-6658
2373-6658
DOI:10.2196/57128