%0 Journal Article 
%A Garrido Martinez de Salazar, Carlos
%A González Caballero, Juan Luis
%A Garcia, Pilar
%A Gianni, Maria Lorella
%A Garrido, Silvia
%A González, Lucía
%A Atance, Verónica
%A Raffaeli, Genny
%T Association between co-sleeping in the first year of life and preschoolers´ sleep patterns
%D 2024
%@ 1432-1076

%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32617
%X This study aimed to investigate the association between co-sleeping practiced during the first year of life and preschoolers' sleep patterns. A cross-sectional study including toddlers was designed to analyze their sleep patterns. The Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire, validated in Spanish, was used to measure sleep quality. A latent class analysis was performed to identify qualitative subgroups in the sample and explore the effects of co-sleeping. The sleep patterns of 276 children were analyzed. A total of 181 (65%) parents reported having practiced co-sleeping with their children. The latent class analysis identified a two-class solution with two different sleep patterns. One of them showed a worse quality sleep pattern, which had a significant association with having practiced co-sleeping during the first year of life, and with the fact that they were still sleeping in the parents' room, among other characteristics related to co-sleeping and parental concerns. Breastfeeding also showed association with a worse quality sleep pattern. Conclusion: Based on the present findings, co-sleeping during the first year of life appears to be associated with poor sleep patterns in young preschoolers
%K Co-sleeping
%K Infants
%K Preschool Children
%K Sleep pattern
%~ Universidad de Cádiz