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Effects on infants of an intervention aimed at reducing night waking and signaling in 6-to-12 month old infants Hall, Wendy A.; Saunders, R. A.; Clauson, Marion Isobelle; Carty, E. M.; Janssen, Patricia A.

Abstract

This quasi-experimental one group pre and post-test pilot study evaluated an intervention aimed at reducing night waking and signaling for infants between 6 and 12 months of age. Thirty-nine healthy infants and their parents were recruited. Thirty-five infants completed the intervention and data collection. Both parents participated in a group teaching session with telephone follow-up for 2 weeks. Actigraphy and sleep diary data were collected at baseline and 6 and 16 weeks post-intervention. We hypothesized a decrease in length and number of infant waking and crying periods and an increase in longest night sleep and nap time. Following the intervention, infants had significantly reduced length of night crying and number of wakes and longer night sleep periods. The intervention warrants evaluation with a randomized controlled design.

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Title
Effects on infants of an intervention aimed at reducing night waking and signaling in 6-to-12 month old infants
Alternate Title
Infant sleep intervention
Creator
Hall, Wendy A.; Saunders, R. A.; Clauson, Marion Isobelle; Carty, E. M.; Janssen, Patricia A.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Date Issued
2006
Description
This quasi-experimental one group pre and post-test pilot study evaluated an intervention aimed at reducing night waking and signaling for infants between 6 and 12 months of age. Thirty-nine healthy infants and their parents were recruited. Thirty-five infants completed the intervention and data collection. Both parents participated in a group teaching session with telephone follow-up for 2 weeks. Actigraphy and sleep diary data were collected at baseline and 6 and 16 weeks post-intervention. We hypothesized a decrease in length and number of infant waking and crying periods and an increase in longest night sleep and nap time. Following the intervention, infants had significantly reduced length of night crying and number of wakes and longer night sleep periods. The intervention warrants evaluation with a randomized controlled design.
Subject
actigraphy; infants; sleep; rapid eye movement sleep; wakefulness; toddlers; pediatrics; ethnicity; canadians
Genre
Article; Postprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2013-07-26
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0084597
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44705
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Family Practice, Department of; Health Care and Epidemiology, Department of; Applied Science, Faculty of; Nursing, School of
Citation
Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 4(4). 242-261.
Publisher DOI
10.1207/s15402010bsm0404_4
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Copyright Holder
Taylor & Francis
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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