Table 5.
Helpfulness of strategies and information provided during study. Figures are numbers of mothers
| Strategy/information |
Intervention group (n=75)
|
Control group (n=71)
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helpful | Unhelpful | Does not apply | Helpful | Unhelpful | Does not apply | ||
| Infant sleep patterns* | 73 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 29 | 6 | |
| Toddler sleep patterns* | 59 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 12 | |
| Sleep cycles explained | 73 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Talking to someone | 71 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Sleep associations explained | 71 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Controlled crying | 68 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Using a sleep diary | 67 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Putting child to bed awake | 57 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | |
| Camping out† | 11 | 7 | 57 | — | — | — | |
*
Identical for intervention and control groups.
†
Used by 17 mothers only.