Feeding and sleeping problems in infancy--a follow-up at early school age.

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  • Author(s): Ostberg M;Ostberg M; Hagelin E
  • Source:
    Child: care, health and development [Child Care Health Dev] 2011 Jan; Vol. 37 (1), pp. 11-25.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publications Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 7602632 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1365-2214 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03051862 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Child Care Health Dev Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications.
    • Subject Terms:
      Child Development/*physiology ; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood/*psychology ; Parents/*psychology ; Sleep Wake Disorders/*psychology; Adult ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Feeding Behavior ; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood/epidemiology ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Maternal Welfare ; Middle Aged ; Sleep Wake Disorders/epidemiology ; Statistics as Topic ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Sweden/epidemiology ; Time Factors
    • Abstract:
      Background: Feeding and sleeping problems are common during infancy. Many regulatory problems of this kind are connected to various child and family factors. This study is a follow-up of children with early feeding and/or sleeping problems, 6 years after clinical contacts.
      Methods: A total of 230 families (72%) participated in the questionnaire follow-up. Children and parents were compared with 227 (71%) reference families regarding sleeping and feeding problems, health factors in parent and child, psychosocial problems, stressful life events, social support, life satisfaction, and externalizing and internalizing behaviour in the child.
      Results: Six years after clinical contacts the children with early feeding and/or sleeping problems still had more problems of this kind compared with the reference children. Early child health problems were more frequent within the clinical group, but recent health problems did not separate the two groups. Mothers in the clinical sample reported more health problems than mothers in the reference group and clinical parents were less content with their social support and had more psychosocial problems, including stressful life events. Children in the clinical sample had more internalizing problems than comparison children. Recent feeding and sleeping problems were connected to more externalizing and internalizing problems.
      Conclusions:   Early regulatory problems, concerning sleeping or feeding, are less frequent when the child grows up, but nevertheless tend to remain. A clinical recommendation for child health care is to take both child and family factors into account, to individualize contacts, work with an all-inclusive perspective and have close follow-ups.
      (© 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20100730 Date Completed: 20110429 Latest Revision: 20151119
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01141.x
    • Accession Number:
      20666781