Sleep Health
Parental Report versus Auto-Videosomnography Assessment Of Children’s Sleep
This study aims to explore 1) the differences between parent reported vs auto-videosomnography assessed child’s sleep; and 2) variables associated with differences of these two measures.
Sleep Health
Objectively Measured Sleep Metrics in Infants and Toddlers undergoing Night-time Boots and Bar Brace Treatment for Clubfoot Compared to Age Matched Controls
The current study aimed to objectively measure sleep metrics in children who are following a standard Ponseti nighttime bracing regimen and compare clubfoot sleep metrics to age and geographically...
Sleep Health
Assessing behavioral interventions for infant sleep problems using computer-vision technology
The current study aimed to assess parents' experiences in implementing infant behavioral sleep interventions (BSIS) in a real-world setting, and whether BSIS are linked with objective infant sleep...
Sleep Health
When thinking about your child’s sleep gets in the way of sleep
Investigating the role of parental cognitions about baby's sleep that affects both parent's and baby's sleep.
Sleep Health
Complementary techniques to support mothers during sleep training
This study aimed to examine whether 3 novel techniques can increase parental cry tolerance.
Sleep Health
Association between infant feeding method, maternal confidence and sleep quality postpartum
In this study we investigated whether infant feeding method and maternal confidence relative to the chosen feeding method were associated with sleep quality in mothers of infants 0-6 months.
Pediatric Health & Wellness
Movement during nighttime wake episodes reflects the onset of crawling and walking
Infants moved more and expressed greater diversity in movements during WEPs when they reached new locomotor milestones. We also demonstrated that Nanit, a commercially available video baby monitor,...
Pediatric Health & Wellness
First Steps: Using the Nanit baby monitor to classify nocturnal infant movements
Using movement as a window into psychological development, the current study tests the feasibility of manually coding motor behaviors using Nanit video baby monitoring technology to qualify and qua...
Sleep Health
Checking-in: What factors predict parents visiting their infants during the night?
Using novel computer vision technology, this study objectively assessed the number of nocturnal parental visitations to evaluate whether infant age and gender interact to predict parental night-tim...
Peer-Reviewed Published Studies
Sleep Health
A preliminary study on the performance of the Nanit auto-videosomnography scoring system against observed video scoring and actigraphy to estimate sleep-wake states in infants.
The goal was to examine the performance of the Nanit auto-videosomnography scoring system as a measure of sleep-wake states in infants compared to observed video scoring and actigraphy.
Sleep Health
Parental Misperceptions About Infant Sleep as a Moderator Between Co-Sleeping and Infant Sleep
The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between co-sleeping, infant sleep, and parental misperceptions about infant sleep.
Sleep Health
Sleeping through COVID-19: a longitudinal comparison of 2019 and 2020 infant auto-videosomnography metrics.
This study used auto-videosomnography to capture the effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders imposed in the USA on objectively measured infant sleep.
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