A randomised controlled trial of behavioural interventions for infant sleep disturbance.

A randomised controlled trial of behavioural interventions for infants with sleep disturbance: effect on sleep, parental and infant stress and attachment.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612000813886

Enrollment

Registered

2012-08-03

Start date

2007-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study evaluates the sleep, stress and attachment outcomes for infants and parents undergoing behavioural interventions using a randomised controlled design.

Interventions

Graduated Extinction (gradually extending the time between the infants' cry and the parents' response to the infant: response time night 1, 2-6min; night 2, 3-7min; night 3, 5-15min; night 4, 10-20 min; night 5, 15-25 min; night 6, 20-30min; night 7, 25-35min [duration of treatment =1 week]) vs. Bedtime Fading (bedtime restriction therapy: gradually reducing infants' time in bed to more closely match their total sleep time, 15-min changes to bedtime made once per night until desired bedtime is r

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Months to 15 Months

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Infants identified by their parents as possessing a sleep problem; sleep onset latency > 30 min; wake after sleep onset > 60 min; number of awakenings > 3.

Exclusion criteria

Atypically developing infants (physical and mental); clinical levels of maternal post-natal depression.

Outcome results