• World J Pediatr · May 2011

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Swaddling: a traditional care method rediscovered.

    • Lars Eckehard Meyer and Thomas Erler.
    • Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus gGmbH, Clinic for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Cottbus, Germany. l.meyer@ctk.de
    • World J Pediatr. 2011 May 1; 7 (2): 155-60.

    BackgroundThis study was undertaken to compare the sleep profiles of healthy infants in swaddling and sleeping bag conditions.MethodsPolysomnographs of 85 healthy infants (40 in the study group, 45 in the control group) with a mean age of 7.5 weeks were recorded in the sleeping laboratory. A positive decision from the local Ethics Committee and the written consent of the parents were obtained for the study.ResultsSwaddling significantly reduces the rate of spontaneous waking (events/h: 1.39 [0.85-2.77] vs. 2.81 [1.49-4.53], P=0.020) and the number of sleep stage changes (events/h: 3.82 [2.97-5.16] vs. 5.37 [3.58-6.67], P=0.015). Swaddling promotes quiet sleep (36.37% [29%-40.31%] vs. 30.2% [24.45%-36.78%], P=0.032), the time spent awake was decreased (8.98% [4.62%-14.25%] vs. 14.17% [9.2%-18.94%], P=0.001) and sleep efficiency was increased (91.02% [85.75%-95.38%] vs. 85.83% [81.06%-90.8%], P=0.001).ConclusionSwaddling promotes a more quiet sleep in infants.

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