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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.
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FormalPara PurposeThe 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 TestingThe test is designed for infants between 0 and 3 years of age.
FormalPara AdministrationCompletion 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 ValiditySadeh [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 CopyA 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 ScoringBased 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.
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Sadeh, A. (2004). A brief screening questionnaire for infant sleep problems: validation and findings for an internet sample. Pediatrics, 113(6), e570–e577.
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Mindell, J. A., Telofski, L. S., Wiegand, B., & Kurtz, E. S. (2009). A nightly bedtime routine: impact on sleep in young children and maternal mood. Sleep, 32(5), 599–606.
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Shahid, A., Wilkinson, K., Marcu, S., Shapiro, C.M. (2011). Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ). In: Shahid, A., Wilkinson, K., Marcu, S., Shapiro, C. (eds) STOP, THAT and One Hundred Other Sleep Scales. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9893-4_12
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