RT journal article
T1 Association between co-sleeping in the first year of life and preschoolers´ sleep patterns
A1 Garrido Martinez de Salazar, Carlos
A1 González Caballero, Juan Luis
A1 Garcia, Pilar
A1 Gianni, Maria Lorella
A1 Garrido, Silvia
A1 González, Lucía
A1 Atance, Verónica
A1 Raffaeli, Genny
A2 Estadística e Investigación Operativa
K1 Co-sleeping
K1 Infants
K1 Preschool Children
K1 Sleep pattern
AB 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
PB Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
SN 1432-1076
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32617
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32617
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026