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ReviewSleep medicine reviews2018

Benefits of a bedtime routine in young children: Sleep, development, and beyond.

Jodi A Mindell, Ariel A Williamson

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readReview
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Review in Sleep medicine reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 144 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04473222 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Implementing Evidence-based Behavioral Sleep Intervention in Urban Primary Care: Aim 3

TypeinterventionalSponsorChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRan2020 to 2023Enrolled103ConditionsSleep Disturbance, Sleep Deprivation, SleepArmsSleep Well!, Sleep education
NCT05097703 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

The Development and Pilot of a Sleep Resource for Carers of Pre-school Aged Children to be Used as Part of the Bedtime Routine

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of SurreyRan2021 to 2023Enrolled44ConditionsSleep HygieneArmsSleep Resource
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

144 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jodi A MindellDepartment of Psychology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Sleep Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: jmindell@sju.edu.
Ariel A WilliamsonSleep Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

Training in Sleep & Sleep DisordersT32HL007953 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI David Menassah Raizen, AMY M SAWYER · 2000 to 2026
$10.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007953NICHD NIH HHS L40 HD093230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents a conceptual model and reviews the empirical evidence to support a nightly bedtime routine as a key factor in the promotion of not only healthy sleep, but also of broad development and wellbeing in early childhood. A bedtime routine embodies the characteristics of nurturing care and early child stimulation, which are deemed to be essential for positive outcomes, especially for at-risk children. Furthermore, common, adaptive components of a bedtime routine can contribute to an array of positive developmental outcomes beyond improved sleep, inclusive of language development, literacy, child emotional and behavioral regulation, parent-child attachment, and family functioning, among other outcomes. These bedtime routine components include activities in the broad domains of nutrition (e.g., feeding, healthy snack), hygiene (e.g., bathing, oral care), communication (e.g., reading, singing/lullabies) and physical contact (e.g., massage, cuddling/rocking). A bedtime routine can provide multiple benefits to child and family functioning at a time of day that many parents are present with their children. Although additional research on hypothesized routine-related child outcomes and mechanisms of action are needed, promoting a bedtime routine may be a feasible and cost-effective method to promote positive early childhood development worldwide, particularly for socioeconomically disadvantaged and other at-risk young children.

Indexed as

Child WelfareHabitsChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolHumansParent-Child RelationsSleep HygieneTime FactorsBedtimeFamilyHygieneInfancyLiteracyNutritionPreschoolRoutineSleepToddler

Identifiers

PMID29195725
PMCPMC6587181

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