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TITLE:

INFANT SLEEP PROBLEMS AND MANAGEMENTS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

AUTHORS:

Abdulshaheed Salman Alhamdan , Abdulelah Yasser Abozaid ,Azzah Atitallah Alzahrani , Noor Abdulhakim Al Fateel , Anhar Abdulhakim Al Fateel , Teaf Ali Yahya Thabet , Mohammed Ali Zalah , Nedaa Mohammednour Alsamadani , Nora Hani Mulayh , Arwa Mohammed Badr , Sahar Abdullah Mansur , Lama Mohammed Alqthami , Seham Matar Alotaibi , Alaa Abdullah Abujbal , Elaf Abdulelah Banoon , Anmar Mohammed Batawi , Abdulaziz Yahya Wafi , Linah abed Alghuraybi , Eman Mohammed Alotaibi , Bariah Yahya Drain , Ammar Ali Mahjaa , Khalid Abdulrahman Alzamil , Manar Abdulrazzaq Taib , Atheer Mohammad Altabib , Saud Mohammad Hasan Alshehri, Alhussein Ali Almeadi , Khyryh Nasir Alrashidi

ABSTRACT:

Infant sleep problems have been the focus of a growing literature over the last few years. The current review is based on literature searches of Pubmed and PsycInfo for studies published over the last few years including randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses on infant sleep problems and resulting developmental effected, risk factors and managements. Several risk/protective factors for sleep problems have been identified including health literacy, TV in the room, feeding, close contact and arousing activities at bedtime, intolerance for infant crying, co-sleeping, maternal depression and infant temperament. Cross-cultural differences have been noted both for infant sleep problems and parents’ perceived distress by those problems. A number of interventions have been tried to ameliorate infant sleep problems including consultations, teaching sessions on extinction and bedtime fading, internet-based interventions and nighttime massages by parents. Some of these studies have shown improvements and others have suggested only short-term or negligible effects. Significant methodological problems exist with this literature including the almost sole use of parent report as well as the mixed age samples and the potential confounding variables. Keywords: Infant, Sleep, Problems, Managements, Review.

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