Khamenehpour Khatereh, Zeidi Isa Mohammadi, Shahsavari Saeed, Razzaghi Alireza
Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Sleep Sci. 2025 Jun 26;18(2):e190-e196. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1793927. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Infant sleep problems are ranked as one of the leading sources of stress for many families. The present study was conducted to determine the effective factors related to sleep disorders in infants under 12 months old. In this cross-sectional study, 410 infants who were referred to the sleep department were evaluated. The Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) was used to assess the infants' sleep patterns. Statistical tests such as analysis of variance (ANOVA), Chi-squared, and linear regression analysis were used to compare the mean and percentage across the infant age groups and to determine the risk factors related to infant sleep disorders. Out of 410 infants, 289 (70.5%) had at least 1 of the symptoms of sleep disorder. The highest and lowest percentages for sleep disorders were related to "waking for more than 1 hour at night" and "sleeping less than 540 minutes in 24 hours" with 50% and 23.7%, respectively. The results of the linear regression analysis showed that the factors of age (β = -1.04; 95% CI; -1.55-0.53) and parent perception (β = -0.31; 95% CI; 0.24-0.37) had significant effects on infant sleep disorders. The percentage of infant sleep disorder was rather high among the samples studied, and the age and parent perception variables were recognized as effective factors related to sleep disorder. Health providers and medical staff need to pay more attention to providing the necessary interventions considering infants' age and parents' perception.
婴儿睡眠问题被列为许多家庭压力的主要来源之一。本研究旨在确定与12个月以下婴儿睡眠障碍相关的影响因素。
在这项横断面研究中，对410名转诊至睡眠科的婴儿进行了评估。使用简短婴儿睡眠问卷（BISQ）来评估婴儿的睡眠模式。采用方差分析（ANOVA）、卡方检验和线性回归分析等统计检验方法，比较各婴儿年龄组的均值和百分比，并确定与婴儿睡眠障碍相关的危险因素。
在410名婴儿中，289名（70.5%）至少有1种睡眠障碍症状。睡眠障碍发生率最高和最低的症状分别是“夜间醒来超过1小时”和“24小时睡眠不足540分钟”，分别为50%和23.7%。线性回归分析结果显示，年龄因素（β = -1.04；95%置信区间：-1.55至-0.53）和家长认知因素（β = -0.31；95%置信区间：-0.24至-0.37）对婴儿睡眠障碍有显著影响。
在所研究的样本中，婴儿睡眠障碍的发生率相当高，年龄和家长认知变量被认为是与睡眠障碍相关的影响因素。医疗服务提供者和医护人员需要更加关注根据婴儿年龄和家长认知提供必要的干预措施。
