Scoring of the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) Using Digitally Acquired Data

Purpose: The expanded Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) assess sleep patterns, parent perception, and sleep-related behaviors in young children. The BISQ has been validated against actigraphy and daily logs, and demonstrates sensitivity in documenting expected developmental trends. Currently, the BISQ is scored using clinical interpretation. However, interpretation is challenging, especially due to age dependence of infant sleep. Thus, the objective of this study was to develop and validate a normalized scoring method for the BISQ using digitally acquired data. Methods: Sample 1 included 33,835 submissions of the expanded BISQ by caregivers …