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. 2009 May 1;32(5):599–606. doi: 10.1093/sleep/32.5.599

Table 4.

Sleep-Wake Patterns for Infants (Daily Sleep Diary)

Variable Baseline Week 2 Week 3 ANOVA
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