The behavioural intervention is evidence based [ 18] and consists of two face-to-face, one-on-one sleep consultations with a trained clinician (trainee consultant paediatrician or psychologist) held two weeks apart and one follow-up telephone call another two weeks later.
Study design: Questionnaires, sleep consultations, and sleep diaries were obtained in 20 children with SMS (9 girls, 11 boys aged 4 to 17 years).
Sleep consultants in the area routinely charge families about $250 to $450 per consultation, thus potentially limiting families' access to such services.
There was a significant reduction in maternal depression, anxiety and stress scores (all p<0.003) following one single sleep behaviour consultation.
Canyon Ranch offers a la carte sleep assessment consultations by a certified sleep specialist.
The clinician records the duration of each consultation, sleep problem diagnoses, family sleep management goals, handouts given to parents, and management strategies chosen by the family.
Harley Mayersohn, Miraval's vice president for branding and marketing, said that the center would offer integrative health treatments like acupuncture, advice on nutrition and fitness, therapy for sleep disorders or consultation with an herbalist.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommend the following nonpharmacologic interventions: exercise, restorative therapy, nutrition consultation, sleep hygiene and psychosocial interventions.
Kids sleep peacefully while consultations and long waits go on around them.
Among variables considered in 5 or more reports, race, proximity to health centers, medical consultations, sleep complaints, and health perception were virtually always associated to drug use.
