Table 4.
Sleep-Wake Patterns for Infants (Daily Sleep Diary)
Variable | Baseline | Week 2 | Week 3 | ANOVA |
|
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M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | F | P | |
Sleep latency (min) | |||||
Control | 19.8 (12.45) | 17.9 (12.86) | 16.7 (12.81) | 1.08 | 0.34 |
Interventiona | 19.9 (11.69) | 14.0 (10.35) | 13.4 (10.46) | 14.68*** | < 0.001 |
Time started routine | |||||
Control | 8:08 (1.25) | 8:11 (1.06) | 8:08 (1.18) | 0.03 | 0.97 |
Intervention | 8:05 (.80) | 8:03 (0.23) | 8:04 (0.22) | 0.10 | 0.90 |
Time of lights out (hours) | |||||
Control | 8:50 (1.15) | 8:49 (1.13) | 8:49 (1.12) | 0.02 | 0.98 |
Intervention | 8:46 (0.80) | 8:40 (0.77) | 8:40 (0.80) | 0.81 | 0.45 |
Longest continuous sleep period (hours) | |||||
Control | 7.3 (2.17) | 7.6 (2.30) | 7.6 (2.23) | 0.42 | 0.66 |
Interventiona | 6.9 (1.68) | 8.1 (1.85) | 8.5 (1.91) | 26.55*** | < 0.001 |
Number of night wakings | |||||
Control | 1.2 (0.95) | 1.1 (0.89) | 1.1 (0.90) | 0.26 | 0.77 |
Interventiona | 1.4 (0.75) | 1.0 (0.77) | 0.9 (0.70) | 19.50*** | < 0.001 |
Duration of night wakings (min) | |||||
Control | 20.9 (18.37) | 17.5 (16.90) | 18.6 (20.25) | 0.62 | 0.54 |
Interventiona | 25.4 (16.60) | 16.3 (14.26) | 13.3 (14.42) | 24.73*** | < 0.001 |
How easy was bedtime?^ | |||||
Control | 2.1 (0.71) | 2.0 (0.70) | 1.9 (0.73) | 1.90 | 0.15 |
Interventiona | 2.4 (0.64) | 1.8 (0.55) | 1.7 (0.57) | 63.24*** | < 0.001 |
Wake time | |||||
Control | 7:32 (1.06) | 7:29 (1.08) | 7:24 (1.03) | 0.23 | 0.80 |
Intervention | 7:31 (0.86) | 7:32 (0.90) | 7:33 (0.90) | 0.01 | 0.99 |
How well baby slept^ | |||||
Control | 2.3 (0.81) | 2.1 (0.79) | 2.2 (0.85) | 1.13 | 0.32 |
Interventiona | 2.7 (0.71) | 2.1 (0.72) | 1.9 (0.76) | 51.36*** | < 0.001 |
Baby's mood in the morning^ | |||||
Control | 2.0 (0.75) | 1.9 (0.71) | 1.8 (0.70) | 0.53 | 0.59 |
Interventiona | 2.3 (0.72) | 1.9 (0.70) | 1.8 (0.74) | 21.10*** | < 0.001 |
Total naps (hours) | |||||
Control | 2.5 (1.11) | 2.4 (1.01) | 2.3 (.95) | 0.41 | 0.66 |
Intervention | 2.2 (0.89) | 2.2 (0.89) | 2.3 (.97) | 0.14 | 0.87 |
aSignificant difference between baseline/week 2 and baseline/week 3
bStart of routine, Lights out, Wake Time expressed by 24-Hour clock, SD expressed in hours
^Lower scores are better
min: minutes; SD: standard deviation