Evaluating a family‐centred intervention for infant sleep problems
Aim. This paper reports a study to describe changes in parents’ distress after a family‐centred intervention for sleep problems of infants. Background. Infant sleep problems are common and are related to depressive symptoms in mothers, but their impact on fathers has rarely been studied. Because chi...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03343.x 2024-06-02T08:09:25+00:00 Evaluating a family‐centred intervention for infant sleep problems Thome, Marga Skuladottir, Arna 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03343.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2648.2004.03343.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03343.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Advanced Nursing volume 50, issue 1, page 5-11 ISSN 0309-2402 1365-2648 journal-article 2005 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03343.x 2024-05-03T11:13:02Z Aim. This paper reports a study to describe changes in parents’ distress after a family‐centred intervention for sleep problems of infants. Background. Infant sleep problems are common and are related to depressive symptoms in mothers, but their impact on fathers has rarely been studied. Because childhood sleep problems and parental distress are associated, their interdependence should be recognized in research and in paediatric sleep practice. Methods. All children hospitalized for sleep problems in a hospital in Iceland in 1997–1998 and their parents were studied using a pre‐ and post‐test quasi‐experimental design. The sample consisted of 33 infants (6–23 months of age), 33 mothers and 30 fathers. Parents’ distress was assessed before and after treatment with regard to: (1) fatigue and resulting symptom distress; (2) parenting stress; (3) state‐anxiety; and (4) depressive symptoms. Infants were treated for a variety of sleep problems by a paediatric nurse. The parents were simultaneously treated for distress by either the paediatric nurse or a specialist, depending on the nature of their problems. Results. Mothers and fathers experienced a high degree of distress before the intervention, with no significant difference between them. Two months after the intervention both parents’ distress had significantly improved. Parents’ degree of distress was at a psychopathological level before the intervention but was reduced to population norms 2 months after the intervention. The paediatric nurse intervention was sufficient to reduce distress for 83% of parents. Conclusions. Health care professionals who care for infants with sleep problems should pay attention to the distressed responses of parents and support their recovery. An intervention such as that described here could be used by nurses for this purpose. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Journal of Advanced Nursing 50 1 5 11 |
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Aim. This paper reports a study to describe changes in parents’ distress after a family‐centred intervention for sleep problems of infants. Background. Infant sleep problems are common and are related to depressive symptoms in mothers, but their impact on fathers has rarely been studied. Because childhood sleep problems and parental distress are associated, their interdependence should be recognized in research and in paediatric sleep practice. Methods. All children hospitalized for sleep problems in a hospital in Iceland in 1997–1998 and their parents were studied using a pre‐ and post‐test quasi‐experimental design. The sample consisted of 33 infants (6–23 months of age), 33 mothers and 30 fathers. Parents’ distress was assessed before and after treatment with regard to: (1) fatigue and resulting symptom distress; (2) parenting stress; (3) state‐anxiety; and (4) depressive symptoms. Infants were treated for a variety of sleep problems by a paediatric nurse. The parents were simultaneously treated for distress by either the paediatric nurse or a specialist, depending on the nature of their problems. Results. Mothers and fathers experienced a high degree of distress before the intervention, with no significant difference between them. Two months after the intervention both parents’ distress had significantly improved. Parents’ degree of distress was at a psychopathological level before the intervention but was reduced to population norms 2 months after the intervention. The paediatric nurse intervention was sufficient to reduce distress for 83% of parents. Conclusions. Health care professionals who care for infants with sleep problems should pay attention to the distressed responses of parents and support their recovery. An intervention such as that described here could be used by nurses for this purpose. |
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