Intervention for children with nighttime fears and who do not sleep alone

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F51.0; Inadequate supervision and control by parents, nighttime fear, separation anxiety, childhood behavioral insomnia in children of pre-school age.; F93.0; M01.060.406.448 - Pré-Escolar; C10.886.425.800.800; F03.080.300

• Registration Number: RBR-4jggg5
• Lead Sponsor: Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Data analysis completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Children aged four to six years; both genders; Who present intense nighttime fears accompanied by avoiding sleep behavior alone or meeting criteria for the diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder or specific phobia of sleeping alone / dark based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-V, 2013), or for separation anxiety by the Preschool Anxiety Scale (PAS), or clinic for anxiety subscale by the Children Behavior Checklist (CBCL-1½ and 5 years).Children who have one or more behavioral problems related to sleep, as follows. Reluctance or inability to go to bed without arguing, crying, complaining, or otherwise delaying bedtime; Reluctance or inability to fall asleep alone without being close to an attachment figure; Reluctance or inability to sleep all night in your own bed without calling your parents or going to bed at night; The problem has occurred for at least six months with an adverse impact on the child and the family, requiring parental intervention for at least two nights a week to comfort the child, impairing the quality of sleep; Availability of at least one parent participating in the intervention program.

Exclusion Criteria

Children with neurological impairment, psychotic symptoms or concomitant treatment for nighttime fears; Parents who are not literate or unable to read.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Increased number of nights of the child sleeping alone in his own bed, verified through the Sleep and Behavior Log, from the finding of the level of significance of 0.05 for pre and post-treatment comparisons and in comparison to the group control.;There was a significant and progressive increase in the number of nights per week in which children in the intervention group slept alone (Wald x2 1210.323; df 18; p= 0.000). Children in the control group, on the other hand, remained stable , still co-sleeping difficulties