0978 Snoo: A Wellness Device To Improve Infant Sleep

Abstract

Childbirth results in significant sleep impairment, including sleep deprivation and reduced sleep satisfaction. Sleep deprivation is strongly linked to myriad health impairments, including depression. One of the primary contributors to new parent sleep deprivation is infant sleep disturbances. Evidence shows that reducing crying and increasing sleep in infants has a positive effect on parental psychological distress and sleep. SNOO, a wellness device, was developed to provide sleeping babies 3 of the 5 S's (safe swaddling, sound and swinging) in a response fashion (increasing levels of motion and white noise if babies cry) to soothe crying and improve infant sleep. The current study compares infant sleep derived from SNOO to a reference group derived from a compilation of 13 peer reviewed studies of normative sleep data from traditional cribs/bassinets. Following purchase, participants were informed that data about the infant's sleep would be collected by SNOO via use of the mobile app by Happiest Baby. Inclusion criteria included initiation of use within one week of birth and use of SNOO for at least 6 hours per night for 6 months. Sleep metrics calculated on a day to day basis include Longest Sleep Period: Maximum uninterrupted sleep at night (7 PM-7 AM); Total Sleep Duration: Total time spent sleeping at night (7 PM-7 AM); and Night Awakenings: Number of times parents attended to the baby (10 PM-6 AM). Improvement in longest sleep duration varied with age. Preliminary data from 7157 babies using SNOO indicate that infant's longest episode of sleep over the first 6 months of life was increased by 42 minutes-2 hour 0 minutes and total sleep duration was increased by 33 minutes-1 hour 24 minutes. Babies in SNOO averaged one less waking per night compared to the reference population. The improvements in all three sleep metrics were statistically significant with p's {\textless} 0.0005 across all ages from birth to 6 months. In summary, this large-scale study suggests that infant sleep can be significantly improved by using SNOO compared to babies who slept in normal cribs or bassinets. We believe that there are myriad areas of public health that may be positively impacted as a result of this significant level of improvement of infant sleep.