Relationship between Night Sleep Quality with Changes in the Infants Body Length of age between one Month and Six Months Arimbi Yola1, Saadiyah Sri1, Noviana Mita1 1Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km.10, Makassar, 90245, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract The changes in infant body length can be influenced by several factors such as daily behaviour, sleep quality, nutrition intake, environmental conditions and health status. The study aim to determine the relationship between night sleep quality and changes in infant body length of one month until six months. This study was used correlational study with cross sectional approach. The study population was infants who have health examination in Tamalanrea Health Centre with total population of 160 infants. The study samples were 62 infants who met the inclusion criteria. The data was collected included sleep quality by using BISQ questionnaire (A Brief Screening Quisionare For Infant Sleep Problem). The result showed 38 respondents (61.3%) had normal body length with good sleep quality which dominated infant aged one month and 3 months. Meanwhile, 5 respondents (8.1%) had normal body length with poor sleep quality. The statistical test showed significant value p=0.002, r=0.394 and r2= 0.155. Top Keywords Exclusive breastfeeding, Infant, Maternal age, Maternal education level. Top |