Nanit Lab Research Abstracts

Parents’ Values Shape Parenting Practices and Beliefs that Impact Infant Sleep

This study asked whether parents’ values impacted parenting expectations related to infant sleep. 

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Using Auto-Videosomnography to Study the Relation between Sleep and Nightwaking in Infancy

The aim of this study was to test whether auto-videosomnography, which has been shown to be as accurate as actigraphy for documenting infants’ sleep characteristics (Horger, et al., 2021), could efficiently capture the relation between infants’ sleep and motor development.

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Nocturnal parental involvement in infant sleep is associated with worse parental sleep, but only among fathers

This study investigated the associations between parent nocturnal interventions in infant sleep and parental sleep duration and subjective quality, accounting for infant’s age, infant nocturnal sleep duration and number of awakenings, and parental perceived stress. We also investigated whether these associations differed in mothers vs fathers. 

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Partner involvement in infant care at night is associated with better maternal sleep postpartum

This study aimed to quantify the associations between maternal sleep duration and partner involvement in infant care at night.

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Determinants of infant sleep health: bedtime behavioral factors, socioeconomic status, and parental perceived stress but not infant race/ethnicity are associated with infant sleep.

In this study, we aim to examine racial/ethnic differences in sleep in a sample of non-Hispanic White (NHW) and Hispanic infants between 6-12 months of age, accounting for socioeconomic status, parental stress, and parent-infant bedtime behavioral factors.

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Links between parental education, infant nighttime sleep duration, and parental confidence in managing infant sleep

This study aimed to examine the associations between parental confidence and sleep among parents of infants who use a commercially available video sleep monitor and an associated mobile sleep health application. 

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Parental Report versus Auto-Videosomnography Assessment Of Children’s Sleep

This study aims to explore 1) the differences between parent reported vs auto-videosomnography assessed child’s sleep; and 2)  variables associated with differences of these two measures.

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Objectively Measured Sleep Metrics in Infants and Toddlers undergoing Night-time Boots and Bar Brace Treatment for Clubfoot Compared to Age Matched Controls

The current study aimed to objectively measure sleep metrics in children who are following a standard Ponseti nighttime bracing regimen and compare clubfoot sleep metrics to age and geographically matched controls.

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Assessing behavioral interventions for infant sleep problems using computer-vision technology

The current study aimed to assess parents' experiences in implementing infant behavioral sleep interventions (BSIS) in a real-world setting, and whether BSIS are linked with objective infant sleep and parent-reported well-being. 

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We've put together a cutting-edge think tank of scientists, engineers, physicians, academic experts, and thought leaders to develop best-in-class research among three primary pillars: Sleep Health, Postpartum Anxiety & Depression, and Pediatric Health and Wellness.