Increasing Childhood Sleep Duration in the Primary Care Setting

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia97 enrolled

Overview

Investigators seek to determine if a mobile health based intervention can be developed to target increases in childhood sleep duration.

Investigators seek to determine if an online based intervention can be developed to target increases in childhood sleep. The primary objectives of this study are to determine if different messaging strategies lead to the longer sleep duration.Children aged 9-12 who sleep about 6-8.5 hours per night will wear a Fitbit for 11 weeks in order to measure sleep patterns. Participants will have a sleep goal to meet each night. Participants will be randomized to one of thirty-two study conditions and receive text and/or email messaging. Some study arms receive additional messaging with different content and frequency of delivery. The study involves one visit to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sleep

Interventions

Sleep ExtensionBEHAVIORAL

The intervention is designed to test if sleep tips delivered by text messages can aid with reaching sleep targets. And if additional motivational text messages can further aide with reaching sleep targets.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 9 YearsMax age: 12 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Males or females age 9 to 12 years. 2. Speak, read and write in English. 3. Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and child assent. 4. Have a computer or a tablet computer with access to the Internet, or own a smartphone with a data and text plan. 5. Parent reported time in bed on school nights between 6.0-8.5 hours in bed at night (e.g. 7-hour time in bed: go to bed at 11pm \& get out of bed at 6am). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any clinically diagnosed sleep disorder (e.g. sleep apnea). 2. Diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder \[e.g. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, anxiety\]. 3. Diagnosed with an eating disorder. 4. Musculoskeletal or neurological disorder that limits physical movement and activity. 5. Use of medications (prescription or otherwise) known to affect body weight and/or sleep.

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Actigraphy Estimated Weeknight Sleep Duration

The investigators' primary outcome is actigraphy estimated weeknight sleep duration operationalized as the average hours per weeknight per week.

Time frame: 10 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Sleep Disturbance Score

Measured using the validated Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) 9-item bank for pediatric sleep, ages 8-17y. The sleep disturbance score is calculated by summing responses to items related to sleep onset, sleep continuity and sleep quality. Higher scores for sleep disturbance indicate poorer sleep quality. We will operationalize our secondary outcomes as T-scores, using the standard PROMIS approach.

Time frame: 15 minutes

Sleep Related Impairment Score

Measured using the validated Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) 9-item bank for pediatric sleep, ages 8-17y. The sleep-related impairment score is calculated by summing responses to items related to daytime sleepiness, cognition, affect \& behavior and daytime activities. Higher scores for sleep impairment indicate poorer sleep quality. We will operationalize our secondary outcomes as T-scores, using the standard PROMIS approach.

Time frame: 15 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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