NCT01489215

Interventions for Sleep Problems in Early Childhood

Interventions for Sleep Problems in Early Childhood:The Role of Child, Parental and Intervention Factors

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 180 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 9 Months – 18 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will inform the field about underlying mechanisms associated with infant sleep problems and will deepen the understanding of the intervention process. The study will provide detailed information on the intervention process itself and will explore how behavioral sleep interventions affect broader infant outcome.

Conditions

• Sleep Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	"presence"	constant presence of the parent in the child's room throughout the night during the first week of the intervention. In addition to sleeping near the child's crib, the parents repeat the same routines as in the "checking" method if the child is actively protesting or crying.
BEHAVIORAL	"checking"	putting the child into the crib at bedtime and leaving the room with repeated quick visits every 5 minutes if the child is actively protesting or crying, providing brief reassurance, helping the child to resume a sleeping position.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2015-02-01
• First posted: 2011-12-09
• Last updated: 2011-12-09