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Mothers were less likely to be depressed after a structured behavioural intervention for infant sleep problems
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H Hiscock
Dr H Hiscock, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; harriet.hiscock@rch.org.au
Is a structured behavioural intervention (SBI) for infant sleep problems effective for maternal depression, parenting style, and child mental health and sleep outcomes at 2 years?
Design: cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT).
Allocation: concealed.
Blinding: blinded {families, nurses, data collectors, and data analysts}.*
Follow-up period: {17 months}.*
Setting: 49 maternal and child health centres in 6 government areas in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Patients: 328 mothers (mean age 33 y) who reported infant sleep problems (mean infant age 7.4 mo, 54% boys). Infants born at < 32 weeks’ gestation and mothers who did not know sufficient English to complete questionnaires were excluded.
Intervention:
25 centres (n = 174) were allocated to SBIs to improve infant sleep, and 24 centres (n = 154) were allocated to usual well-child care. In the SBI group, 100 families accepted the offer of help
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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