NCT01265277

Changes in Sleep Patterns and Stress in Infants Entering Child Care

Changes in Sleep Patterns and Stress in Infants Entering Child Care: Implications for SIDS Risk

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rachel Moon, MD · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

When babies start day care, they experience many changes, some of which may affect their risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The investigators want to find out if stress or change in the baby's sleep patterns can be a reason for this increased risk for SIDS.

Detailed description

The overall aim of this study is to describe sleep patterns in infants as they transition from home to child care, including 24-hour sleep duration, changes in the timing of daytime naps, and changes in nocturnal sleep periods; to describe potential sleep disrupters, such as temperature, light and noise, in home and child care settings that may impact sleep quality and sleep patterns; to describe markers of parent and infant stress levels during the transition to child care; to describe markers of infant circadian rhythm during the transition to child care.

Conditions

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-06-01
• Completion: 2018-06-01
• First posted: 2010-12-23
• Last updated: 2018-12-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States