How the first years of motherhood impact the cardiac autonomic profile of female healthcare professionals: a study by heart rate variability analysis

Abstract The conciliation between career and family is a relevant issue for working women, in particular during the first years of motherhood. Data about the state of the cardiac autonomic regulation in working women with preschoolers are lacking. Aim of this study was to compare the cardiac autonom...

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Main Authors: Laura Adelaide Dalla Vecchia, Beatrice De Maria, Giuseppina Cassetti, Letizia Clementi, Valeria De Grazia, Francesca Perego, Alberto Porta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87596-y