The Efficacy of the Nanit-Insights App in Improving Infant Sleep

The proposed study aims to examine the effectiveness of Nanit-Insights, an app-based intervention for parents who wish to improve their infant's sleep.

The proposed study aims to examine the effectiveness of Nanit-Insights, an app-based intervention for parents who wish to improve their infant's sleep. The intervention provides parents with daily sleep metrics as well as personalized sleep recommendations, based on their infant's developmental stage and weekly sleep data. Participants will be parents of 5-7 month-old infants, randomized into one of two groups: (1) the intervention group, which will include users who have purchased the baby monitor without subscribing to Nanit Insights and are then offered a six month subscription to Nanit-Insights when their baby is 5-7 months of age; and (2) the control group, which will include users of the baby monitor, who have not subscribed to Nanit-Insights. Each group will include approximately 150 families. Sleep will be assessed at baseline and 3- and 6-months following the beginning of the intervention. Computer vision technology will be used to assess infant sleep, as well as parental adherence to the intervention, allowing us to determine whether adherence mediates sleep benefits. The results of this study are expected to evaluate the effectiveness of a low-cost, app-based intervention for infant sleep problems. Furthermore, the results may broaden the understanding of the mediating role of parent adherence in such interventions.