Racial/ethnic disparities in infant sleep in the COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Investigate racial and ethnic differences in infant sleep and examine associations with insurance status and parent-infant bedtime behavioral factors (PIBBF).

Methods

Participants are part of the COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) Initiative, Columbia University. Data on infant sleep (night, day and overall sleep duration, night awakenings, latency, infant's sleep as a problem) were collected at 4 months postpartum. Regressions estimated associations between race/ethnicity, insurance status, PIBBF and infants' sleep.

Results

A total of 296 infants were eligible (34.4% non-Hispanic White [NHW], 10.1% Black/African American [B/AA], 55.4% Hispanic). B/AA and Hispanic mothers were more likely to have Medicaid, bed/room-share, and report later infant bedtime c

SUBMITTER: Lucchini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9411732 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature