Table 3.
Sleep-related problems in infants.
| Intervention group (IG) (n = 70) | Control group (CG) (n = 66) | |||||||||
| Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |||||||
| N | % | N | % | P-value | N | % | N | % | P-value | |
| Night waking (n = 135; IG = 69, CG = 66) | 43 | 62.3 | 47 | 68.1 | 0.481 | 35 | 53.0 | 44 | 66.7 | 0.022 |
| Sleep-related problems (multiple answers, n = 122; IG = 60, CG = 62) | ||||||||||
| Difficulty settling | 18 | 30.0 | 7 | 11.7 | 0.007 | 16 | 25.8 | 9 | 14.5 | 0.039 |
| Frequent night waking and crying at night | 3 | 5.0 | 7 | 11.7 | 0.219 | 5 | 8.1 | 12 | 19.4 | 0.065 |
| Light (restless) sleep | 3 | 5.0 | 5 | 8.3 | 0.727 | 3 | 4.8 | 7 | 11.3 | 0.219 |
| Difficulty falling asleep alone | 22 | 36.7 | 25 | 41.7 | 0.648 | 27 | 43.5 | 27 | 43.5 | 1.000 |
| Sleep-wake cycle reversal | 4 | 6.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.375 | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Difficulty settling after night waking | 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 6.7 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.000 |
| Snoring | 8 | 13.3 | 5 | 8.3 | 0.549 | 6 | 9.7 | 8 | 12.9 | 0.727 |
| Not taking daytime naps | 6 | 10.0 | 4 | 6.7 | 0.687 | 9 | 14.5 | 5 | 8.1 | 0.344 |
| Others | 7 | 11.7 | 5 | 8.3 | 0.754 | 2 | 3.2 | 5 | 8.1 | 0.453 |
| Nothing | 20 | 33.3 | 20 | 33.3 | 1.000 | 25 | 40.3 | 22 | 35.5 | 0.629 |
* McNemar’s test was used for pre-post comparison within each group.
Night waking was significantly increased and frequent night waking / crying tended to increase in the control group only.
Difficulty settling improved in both groups.