Behavioral Insomnia of Childhood
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment group: The 31 mothers of children aged 1 to 5 years with childhood behavioral insomnia had 5 sessions (3 first weekly and the last 2 fortnightly) in which they received the following guideli
Ignore the child's inappropriate behaviors in relation to sleep
Reinforce with praise and attention the child's behaviors that favor the process of falling asleep and participation in the pre-sleep routine.
Untreated group: The 31 mothers of 1-5 year-old children
Behavioural
F04.754.137
Sponsors
Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Eligibility
Age
1 Years to 5 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Parents / caregivers of children from one to five years of age who have behavioral problems related to sleep. The child must have any of the following characteristics listed below at a frequency of at least three times a week. The child takes about 30 minutes or more to fall asleep; The child resists and / or protests to go to bed; The child wakes up at night; The child only sleeps in the presence of the parents.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children with neurological impairment; Children with psychiatric diagnosis; Children whose sleep problems are due to physiological conditions and children whose caregivers could not attend face-to-face sessions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of sleep quality assessed by the reduction in the Composite Sleep Disorders Index, based on a significance level of 0.05 for pre and post-treatment comparisons and in comparison with the control group.;Improvement of sleep quality assessed by the reduction in the Composite Sleep Disorders Index (9.8 to 2.2), based on a significance level of 0.05 for pre and post-treatment comparisons and in comparison with the control group that maintained high scores during the pre- and posttreatment stage (10.1 to 9.9). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in children's behavioral problem assessed by the reduction in the scores of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), based on a significance level of 0.05 for pre and post-treatment comparisons and in comparison with the control group.;Improvement in children's behavioral problem assessed by the reduction in the scores of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) (62.7 to 52.6), based on a significance level of 0.05 for pre and post-treatment comparisons and in comparison with the control group that maintained the scores during the pre- and posttreatment stage (62.3 to 61.8). | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactRenatha Rafihi-Ferreira
Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Outcome results
None listed