Project
Infant Sleep Disturbance: A randomised controlled trial of behavioural
interventions and an assessment of infant stress.
Most parents will at some stage report that their infants have sleeping
problems. To some degree this is normal in the first six months of a baby's
life. However, when sleeping problems continue it can cause a great deal
of stress within the family and the sleep difficulties can continue into
adulthood if untreated. A treatment study currently underway for 6-16
month old children will compare three treatment groups: Sleep Training,
Bedtime Fading and Education & Monitoring. The use and comparison
of activity monitors and parent completed infant sleep diaries will allow
us to investigate night time awakenings where infants resume sleep without
signalling as well as those that parents are aware of.
Recruitment for the study will continue throughout 2007/08. For more
information about the treatment study, or to register your interest as
a participant, please contact Kate on (08) 8201 2349 or email kate.jackson@flinders.edu.au.
Treatment
for Infant Sleep Disturbance |
