Perspectives of Parents About Their Infants' Sleep

NCT ID: NCT05092308

Last Updated: 2021-10-25

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-30

Study Completion Date

2022-09-30

Brief Summary

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Behavioral insomnia of childhood (BIC) is a common problem in early infancy. The whole family is affected by the problem, but research usually relies only on maternal perception and report. This mixed-method study aimed to explore maternal and paternal perspectives about their child's sleep and sleep problems in early childhood. Secondly, infants' sleep will be measured objectively with actigraphy. Parental mental health, marital relationship and sleep will be evaluated in order to explore the effects on the perception of their infant's sleep.

Detailed Description

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Sleep is essential for healthy growth and development of children. Behavioral insomnia of childhood is reported as a common sleep problem of early childhood with a prevalence of 26-68% according to the definition and study population.

Behavioral insomnia of childhood not only affects children's health but also has impacts on parental mental health and family functioning. Most studies on early childhood sleep problems rely on maternal report. However, both parents are affected by children's sleep problem. It is therefore essential for pediatric healthcare professional to understand both mothers' and fathers' perception and interpretation of their children's sleep and sleep problems in the context of family and culture to suggest culturally appropriate intervention according to the family's needs.

This study is designed to thematically analyze maternal and paternal perspectives of their child's sleep and sleep problems in early childhood.

Parents of children aged 6-36 months with and without sleep problems will be invited to participate into the study. Both parents of 10-15 children applying for sleep problems to Sleep Outpatient Clinic and both parents of 10-15 children followed up in Well Child Clinic without sleep problems will be included from October 2021 to June 2022. Semi-structured individual in depth interviews will be conducted with both mothers and fathers but in different sessions separately to explore parental views and perception of their child's sleep and sleep problems. The interviews are expected to last between 30-45 minutes and will be audio-recorded and transcribed for thematic analysis. Through these interviews the investigators will learn what kind of differences are present between the parents' perspectives of infants with and without sleep problems.

Sleep of all children will be evaluated by Turkish version of the expanded brief infant sleep questionnaire, actigraphy and sleep diary. Sociodemographic information will be collected. Parents in patient and control group will be assessed for the confounding factors by Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Scale-7 test, Relationship Satisfaction Scale, Marital Life Satisfaction Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Conditions

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Insomnia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

FAMILY_BASED

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Parents and their children with Behavioral insomnia

Parents and their children aged 6-36 months with sleep problems will be invited to participate into the study from Sleep Outpatient Clinic

No interventions assigned to this group

Parents and their children without sleep problem

Parents and their children aged 6-36 months without sleep problems will be invited to participate into the study followed up in Well Child Clinic

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parents and their 6-36 months old children

Exclusion Criteria

* Divorced or separated couples
* Infants less than 37 weeks of gestational age
* Children with diagnosed developmental problems
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

36 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Marmara University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Perran Boran

Professor of Pediatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Perran Boran

Role: CONTACT

+905417127756

Ezgi Barış

Role: CONTACT

+905514188561

Other Identifiers

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09.2021.719

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id