Perspectives of Parents About Their Infants' Sleep: What do the Mothers Wish? What do the Fathers Think?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 主要终点
- Perspectives of parents on infant sleep
研究概览
简要总结
Behavioral insomnia of childhood (BIC) is a common problem in early infancy. The whole family is affected by the problem, but research usually relies only on maternal perception and report. This mixed-method study aimed to explore maternal and paternal perspectives about their child's sleep and sleep problems in early childhood. Secondly, infants' sleep will be measured objectively with actigraphy. Parental mental health, marital relationship and sleep will be evaluated in order to explore the effects on the perception of their infant's sleep.
详细描述
Sleep is essential for healthy growth and development of children. Behavioral insomnia of childhood is reported as a common sleep problem of early childhood with a prevalence of 26-68% according to the definition and study population.
Behavioral insomnia of childhood not only affects children's health but also has impacts on parental mental health and family functioning. Most studies on early childhood sleep problems rely on maternal report. However, both parents are affected by children's sleep problem. It is therefore essential for pediatric healthcare professional to understand both mothers' and fathers' perception and interpretation of their children's sleep and sleep problems in the context of family and culture to suggest culturally appropriate intervention according to the family's needs.
This study is designed to thematically analyze maternal and paternal perspectives of their child's sleep and sleep problems in early childhood.
Parents of children aged 6-36 months with and without sleep problems will be invited to participate into the study. Both parents of 10-15 children applying for sleep problems to Sleep Outpatient Clinic and both parents of 10-15 children followed up in Well Child Clinic without sleep problems will be included from October 2021 to June 2022. Semi-structured individual in depth interviews will be conducted with both mothers and fathers but in different sessions separately to explore parental views and perception of their child's sleep and sleep problems. The interviews are expected to last between 30-45 minutes and will be audio-recorded and transcribed for thematic analysis. Through these interviews the investigators will learn what kind of differences are present between the parents' perspectives of infants with and without sleep problems.
Sleep of all children will be evaluated by Turkish version of the expanded brief infant sleep questionnaire, actigraphy and sleep diary. Sociodemographic information will be collected. Parents in patient and control group will be assessed for the confounding factors by Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Scale-7 test, Relationship Satisfaction Scale, Marital Life Satisfaction Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Family Based
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Months 至 36 Months（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Parents and their 6-36 months old children
排除标准
- •Divorced or separated couples
- •Infants less than 37 weeks of gestational age
- •Children with diagnosed developmental problems
结局指标
主要结局
Perspectives of parents on infant sleep
时间窗: Baseline
The semi- structured individual interviews will be conducted with mothers and fathers of infants with and without sleep problems. Both parents of an infant will be interviewed in different sessions to detect any discrepancies between their opinions. The topic guide will include parental views, perceptions and interpretations of their infants' sleep and expectations regarding interventions.
次要结局
- Parental Sleep quality(Baseline)
- Infant sleep wake patterns(Baseline)
- • Global relationship(baseline)
- • Married-life satisfaction scale(baseline)
- Parental anxiety(Baseline)
- • Parental depression symptoms(Baseline)
- Infant sleep parameters(Baseline)
研究者
Perran Boran
Professor of Pediatrics
Marmara University