Bachelor Assignment

In the bachelor's final assignment I worked on the development of a visual tool that supports the determination and classification of the sleep stages from preterm infants. The healthy development of these infants is sustained by enough sleep. Too little is known about their irregular sleep rhythm. To facilitate more research, a team from UMC Utrecht has developed a behavioural sleep stage classification for preterm infants (BeSSPI). The developed tool supports this ongoing research on how to maintain an optimal sleep pattern for these infants born preterm. The final tool offers a concise, step-by-step guide to reach the correct sleep stage classification. It lowers the threshold to implement evidence-based decision making. It enables more research into maintaining the optimal sleep rhythm for babies admitted to the Neonatology Intensive Care Unit.