Trial reportBMJ open2017
Anticipatory guidance to prevent infant sleep problems within a randomised controlled trial: infant, maternal and partner outcomes at 6 months of age.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00892983 (Primary Prevention of Rapid Weight Gain in Early Childhood), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Primary Prevention of Rapid Weight Gain in Early Childhood: a Randomised Controlled Trial
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Maternal depressive symptoms and mother-infant cosleeping (including room sharing and bedsharing): a systematic review.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of behavioral interventions to improve maternal mental health and breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of behavioral sleep interventions on children's and mothers' sleep quality and maternal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Psycho-educational interventions focused on maternal or infant sleep for pregnant women to prevent the onset of antenatal and postnatal depression: A systematic review.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2021Pooled it
- Early sleep intervention for improving infant sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial, preliminary result.BMC pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Investigating the moderators and mediators of an effective sleep intervention in the Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI) randomized controlled trial: Exploratory analyses.Clinical obesity · 2022Trial
- Consistent use of bedtime parenting strategies mediates the effects of sleep education on child sleep: secondary findings from an early-life randomized controlled trial.Sleep health · 2019Trial
- Association between sleep duration and child development: the Japan Environment and Children's Study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Challenges and suggestions for the assessment and treatment of bedtime problems and night wakings in children under six.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2025Review
- Maturation of infant sleep during the first 6 months of life: a mini-scoping review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
- Helping parents to cope with infant regulatory disorders.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Review
- Infant sleep as a topic in healthcare guidance of parents, prenatally and the first 6 months after birth: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- A scoping review of non-pharmacological perinatal interventions impacting maternal sleep and maternal mental health.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Sleep problems reduced from 6 to 24 months of age with no evidence of links between disturbed sleep and later developmental problems.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of Integrated Education to Reduce Postoperative Nausea, Vomiting, and Dizziness after Abdominal Surgery under General Anesthesia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Actigraphy in sleep research with infants and young children: Current practices and future benefits of standardized reporting.Journal of sleep research · 2021Review
- Association between colic and sleep problems in infancy and subsequent development, emotional and behavioral problems: a longitudinal study.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Development and evaluation of 'Sleep, Baby & You'-An approach to supporting parental well-being and responsive infant caregiving.PloS one · 2020Article
- Lifestyle intervention strategies in early life to improve pregnancy outcomes and long-term health of offspring: a narrative review.Journal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2019Review
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of sleep education delivered antenatally and at 3 weeks postpartum to prevent infant sleep problems at 6 months of age.
designSleep intervention within a randomised controlled trial for the Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI) study.
participants802 families were randomly allocated to one of four groups: usual care (control), sleep intervention (sleep), food, activity and breastfeeding intervention (FAB), and combined group receiving both interventions (combination).
interventionsAll groups received standard Well Child care. The sleep intervention groups (sleep and combination) received an antenatal group education session (all mothers and most partners) emphasising infant self-settling and safe sleeping, and a home visit at 3 weeks reinforcing the antenatal sleep education. FAB and combination groups received four contacts providing education and support on breast feeding, food and activity up to 4 months postpartum. OUTCOME MEASURES: Here we report secondary sleep outcomes from the POI study: the prevalence of parent-reported infant sleep problems and night waking, and differences in sleep duration. Additional outcomes reported include differences in infant self-settling, safe sleep practices, and maternal and partner reports of their own sleep, fatigue and depression symptoms.
resultsLinear or mixed linear regression models found no significant intervention effects on sleep outcomes, with 19.1% of mothers and 16.6% of partners reporting their infant's sleep a problem at 6 months. Actigraphy estimated the number of night wakings to be significantly reduced (8%) and the duration of daytime sleep increased (6 min) in those groups receiving the sleep intervention compared with those who did not. However, these small differences were not clinically significant and not observed in 24 hours infant sleep diary data. No other differences were observed.
conclusionA strategy delivering infant sleep education antenatally and at 3 weeks postpartum was not effective in preventing the development of parent-reported infant sleep problems.
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