A systematic review of treatments for settling problems and night waking in young children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the efficacy of treatments for settling problems and night waking in young children.

Design

A systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions for settling problems and night waking in young children.

Setting

Electronic bibliographic databases and references on identified papers, hand searches, and personal contact with specialists.

Subjects

Children aged 5 years or less who had established settling problems or night waking.

Interventions

Interventions had to be described and a placebo, waiting list, or another intervention needed to have been used as a comparison. Interventions comprised drug trials or non-drug trials.

Main outcome measures

Number of wakes at night, time to settle, or number of nights in whi

SUBMITTER: Ramchandani P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC27265 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature