Infant sleep and child mental health: a longitudinal investigation

Archives of Disease in Childhood
Fallon CookStephanie Brown

Abstract

To determine whether infants with severe persistent sleep problems are at increased risk of (1) meeting diagnostic criteria for a psychiatric disorder (age 10 years), and (2) having elevated symptoms of mental health difficulties (ages 4 and 10 years), in comparison with infants with settled sleep. Prospective longitudinal community cohort study-the Maternal Health Study. Mothers completed questionnaires/interviews at 15 weeks' gestation; 3, 6, 9 and 12 months post partum; and when their child turned 4 and 10 years old. Measures included parental report of infant night waking and sleep problems and child mental health (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Spence Children's Anxiety Scale; Development and Well-being Assessment). 1460 mother-infant dyads. 283 (19.4%) infants had persistent severe sleep problems, 817 (56.0%) had moderate/fluctuating sleep problems and 360 (24.7%) infants were settled. Infants with persistent severe sleep problems were more likely to report emotional symptoms at age 4 (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=2.70, 95% CI 1.21 to 6.05, p=0.02), and meet diagnostic criteria for an emotional disorder at age 10 (AOR=2.37, 95% CI 1.05 to 5.36, p=0.04). Infants with persistent severe sleep problems also had elevat...Continue Reading

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Feb 10, 2019·Pediatrics·Fallon CookSheena Reilly
Jul 5, 2019·Archives of Disease in Childhood·Anne Lise OlsenAnne Mette Skovgaard
Oct 11, 2019·Sleep Medicine·Ariel A WilliamsonJon Quach

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Jan 3, 2021·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Lisa J MeltzerJodi A Mindell
Apr 23, 2021·Archives of Disease in Childhood·Deirdre GartlandStephanie J Brown
Jul 11, 2021·Journal of Advanced Nursing·Shao-Yu TsaiYi-Ching Tung
May 16, 2021·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice·Anna B FishbeinJames W Griffith

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