Behavioural sleep intervention improves infants' sleep and mothers' mood

In a large community sample a brief behavioural sleep intervention based on teaching mothers how to implement controlled crying led to a 20% reduction in infants' sleep problems compared with mothers who did not receive the intervention. Hiscock and Wake (p 1062) also found that symptoms of maternal depression were significantly reduced. The intervention was highly acceptable to mothers, involved minimal family disruption, and reduced the need for mothers to seek other help for their infants' sleep.
 
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Randomised controlled trial of behavioural infant sleep intervention to improve infant sleep and maternal mood
H Hiscock and M Wake
BMJ 2002 324: 1062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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