Keywords

These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

FormalPara Purpose

The instrument is intended to serve as a screening tool in a variety of pediatric settings. Consisting of only a few items, the survey asks parents about their child’s sleeping location, position, and schedule during the past week. The tool can be used for both clinical and research purposes.

FormalPara Population for Testing

The test is designed for infants between 0 and 3 years of age.

FormalPara Administration

Completion of the pencil-and-paper form should require about 5–10 min, and is performed by the child’s parent or guardian.

FormalPara Reliability and Validity

Sadeh [1] conducted a study in which high test-retest correlations were found (r  >  .82). Additionally, items asking about number of night-wakings and nocturnal sleep duration both appear to be especially relevant to assessing differences between clinical and control groups: Based on these measures, participants were assigned to the correct group at a rate of 85%.

FormalPara Obtaining a Copy

A published copy can be found in an article by Sadeh [1].

Direct correspondence to:

Avi Sadeh, Department of Psychology – Tel Aviv University

Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978,

Israel

Email: sadeh@post.tau.ac.il

FormalPara Scoring

Based on comparative analyses performed between the BISQ and other infant sleep measures, developer Sadeh [1] suggests several clinical cutoffs: If the child wakes more than three times a night, spends more than 1 h in wakefulness each night, or receives less than 9 h of sleep during each 24-h period, a further clinical referral should be considered.