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Table 4 Estimates of main effects across crying and eating outcomes

From: A single-arm pilot study: can a parental sleep intervention for sleep-disturbed young children in individual settings improve children’s sleep, crying, eating, and parental distress in mothers and fathers?

 

FRQ

UUC

DEF

EAT

β (95% CI)

t (df)

d

β (95% CI)

t (df)

d

β (95% CI)

t (df)

d

β (95% CI)

t (df)

d

children's sleeping

 SOL

            

 FNW

0.215 (0.126–0.303)

t (96.99)  = 4.81***

0.98

   

−0.276 (− 0.419 --0.133)

t (65.74) = −3.86***

0.95

   

 DNW

         

0.004 (0.002–0.006)

t (79.63)  = 3.44***

0.77

 TSD

            

 SE

   

−0.056 (−0.101--0.011)

t (74.02)  = −2.48*

0.57

− 0.083 (− 0.130--0.035)

t (71.46)  = −3.48**

0.84

   

 BS

      

−0.789 (−1.234--0.345)

t (66.60)  = −3.45**

0.85

   

 NFI

−0.174 (− 0.290--0.058)

t (25.09)  = −3.08**

1.23

         

covariates

 age

            

 sex

            

 time

         

−0.115 (−0.220--0.011)

t (24.14)  = −2.27*

0.92

  1. Estimates of main effects in the final models for the three crying and the eating variables with age, sex, and time as covariates. Due to the pilot nature of the study, no p-value adjustment was applied. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001
  2. Abbreviations: FRQ Crying frequency, UUC Unexplained and unsoothable crying, DEF Crying due to defiance, EAT Difficulties in eating behavior, SOL Sleep onset latency, FNW Frequency of nightly awakening, DNW Duration of nightly awakening, TSD Total nightly sleep duration, SE Sleep efficiency, BS Bed-sharing, NFI Nightly food intake; age; children’s age at baseline; sex, children’s sex; time, time since study begin
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BMC Pediatrics

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