Bedtime Routines Intervention for Children (BRIC) project: results from a non-randomised feasibility, proof-of concept study

George Kitsaras; Iain A Pretty; Julia Allan

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Bedtime Routines Intervention for Children (BRIC) project: results from a non-randomised feasibility, proof-of concept study

George Kitsaras^* (Corresponding Author), Iain A Pretty, Julia Allan

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BACKGROUND: Bedtime routines are highly recurrent family activities with implications for children's wellbeing, development and health.

AIMS: The objective of this study is to co-develop and test in a feasibility, proof-of-concept study a bedtime routines intervention using text messages aimed at first-time parents with young children.

METHODS: Fifty first-time parents with children aged 1-3 years were recruited for this study. Parents received a text message-based intervention for 7-consecutive nights which provided support and information on achieving optimal bedtime routines. Parents completed pre- and post-intervention questionnaires focusing on children's sleep, bedtime routines and parental mood disturbance. Feedback was provided at the end of the study.

RESULTS: Recruitment target and high retention with 98%, or 49 out of 50 participants completing the study were achieved. Pre- and post-intervention, there were improvements in total children's sleep with children sleeping longer and having less disrupted sleep overall (MD = - 7.77 (SD = 17.91), t(48) = - 3.03, p = .004, CI (- 12.91, - 2.63) and in overall quality of bedtime routines (MD = - 5.00, SD = 7.01, t(48) = - 4.98, p < .001, CI (- 7.01, - 2.98). Parental mood disturbance decreased pre- to post-intervention (MD = 5.87, SD = 15.43, t(48) = 2.66), p = .010, CI (1.44, 10.30). Parents provided positive feedback about the intervention and valued the support that was provided to them.

CONCLUSIONS: Bedtime routines were successfully altered with short-term benefits for children's sleep and parental mood. Future research will need to utilize a more robust, longitudinal approach for a definite exploration of sustained changes in bedtime routines and their long-term implications for children and parents.

Original language	English
Article number	79
Number of pages	12
Journal	Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Volume	8
Issue number	1
Early online date	6 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-01039-7
Publication status	Published - 6 Apr 2022

Keywords

Child
Wellbeing
Sleep
Parenting
Behaviour Change

UN SDGs

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Bedtime Routines Intervention for Children (BRIC) project: results from a non-randomised feasibility, proof-of concept study

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