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. 2020 Mar 10;4(1):e000622. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000622

Table 2.

Sleep variables in early childhood and socio-emotional functioning at 24 months

Sleep variables in early childhood
Mean (SD) Median Minimum Maximum
BISQ total sleep duration, hours
 3 months 14.3 (1.8) 14.5 6.0 20.0
 8 months 13.3 (1.2) 13.5 9.0 20.0
 18 months 12.3 (0.9) 12.2 8.0 16.0
 24 months 11.9 (0.9) 12.0 8.3 15.0
BISQ proportion daytime sleep
 3 months 36.2 (8.2) 36.4 10.0 77.8
 8 months 25.5 (6.5) 25.0 10.0 53.8
 18 months 16.7 (4.9) 16.0 6.0 39.3
 24 months 15.7 (5.0) 15.9 0.0 40.0
BISQ bedtime, hh:mm
 3 months 21:48 (1:11) 21:32 18:00 02:10
 8 months 20:52 (0:54) 21:00 18:20 01:30
 18 months 20:42 (0:42) 20:30 18:30 23:40
 24 months 20:55 (0:40) 21:00 18:45 23:30
ISQ sleep-onset latency
 3 months 1.9 (1.8) 1.0 0.0 6.0
 8 months 1.1 (1.2) 1.0 0.0 6.0
 18 months 1.0 (1.1) 1.0 0.0 6.0
 24 months 1.4 (1.5) 1.0 0.0 6.0
ISQ number of night wakings
 3 months 1.6 (1.3) 2.0 0.0 5.0
 8 months 2.0 (1.4) 2.0 0.0 5.0
 18 months 1.0 (1.2) 1.0 0.0 5.0
 24 months 1.0 (1.0) 1.0 0.0 5.0
Socio-emotional functioning at 24 months
Symptom scores Mean (SD) Median Minimum Maximum
 BITSEA externalising 3.1 (2.2) 3.0 0.0 11.0
 BITSEA internalising 1.6 (1.5) 1.0 0.0 9.0
 BITSEA dysregulation 3.1 (2.4) 3.0 0.0 12.0

BISQ variables are all continuous variables, while ISQ sleep-onset latency and ISQ number of night wakings are categorical variables: in ISQ sleep-onset latency, 0=<10 min; 1=10–19 min; 2=20–29 min; 3=30–39 min; 4=40–49 min; 5=50–59 min; and 6=≥60 min; and in ISQ number of night wakings, 0=0 times/night; 1=once/night; 2=twice/night; 3=three times/night; 4=four times/night; and 5=five times/night.

BISQ=Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire; BITSEA, Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment; ISQ, Infant Sleep Questionnaire.