Anticipatory guidance to prevent infant sleep problems within a randomised controlled trial: infant, maternal and partner outcomes at 6 months of age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of sleep education delivered antenatally and at 3 weeks postpartum to prevent infant sleep problems at 6 months of age.

Design

Sleep intervention within a randomised controlled trial for the Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI) study.

Participants

802 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).

Interventions

All 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 ho

SUBMITTER: Galland BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623410 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature