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Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Wageningen Universiteit
Eligibility
Age
No minimum to 1 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • The infant is the firstborn child of both parents. • The infant is between the two and six months of age during transition from home to day-care. • The infant is attending day-care at least two days a week, preferably three days.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • The infant was born prematurely, with a gestational age less than 37 weeks at birth. • The infant is part of a multiple birth. • The infant had a birth weight of less than 2500 g. • The infant is currently receiving medications that influence sleep patterns and arousal. • The infant was exposed in utero to drugs or medications that influence sleep patterns, i.e. cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, antihistamines, or theophylline/caffeine. • The infant has a diagnosis of brainstem dysfunction, developmental delay, respiratory system malformations, seizure disorder, congenital cardiovascular lesions, or hearing impairment. • The infant is evaluated with or treated for obstructive sleep apnoea or has craniofacial anomalies associated with obstructive sleep apnoea. • The infant is swaddled during sleep. • The household of the infant is multi-problem family and/or excessive psychosocial problems, according to the GGZ-guidelines, are present in the household of the infant (Trimbos Institute, 2019).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. infant*s moment of falling asleep 2. infant*s number of times waking up and arousals during sleep 3. infant*s total hours of daytime sleep 4. infant*s moment of waking up 5. parental and day-care staff member*s perception of sleep quality of the infant | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. light intensity during sleep 2. amount of ambient noise during sleep 3. ambient temperature 4. CO2 concentration 5. Nutrition information | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed