Behavioral interventions for infant sleep problems: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Gradisar, Michael ^a   Jackson, Kate ^a   Spurrier, Nicola J ^b   Gibson, Joyce ^a   Whitham, Justine ^a   Williams, Anne Sved ^c,d   Dolby, Robyn ^c   Kennaway, David J ^e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Public Health and Health Promotion   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Women's and Children's Health Network   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEDTIME FADING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GRADUATED EXTINCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP EDUCATION CONTROL; THERAPY EFFECT; WAKEFULNESS; ACTIMETRY; BLOOD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; PARENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

ACTIGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84971569542     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-1486     Document Type: Article

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