A Combined School- and Home-Based Sleep Promotion Program

University of South Carolina

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: Rested & Ready to Learn

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06131944

5P20GM130420 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Pro00125230

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this single group trial is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a combined school- and home-based sleep promotion program for young children prior to the kindergarten transition.

Full description

This single group pilot study will test a combined school- and home-based sleep promotion intervention designed to improve young children's sleep and classroom behavior. All participants will receive the intervention. Intervention content will be delivered via text message to parents' phones and in the classroom. The primary aim of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. The secondary aim is to assess the preliminary signal of effect on children's sleep and classroom behavior. Findings from this study will inform any necessary intervention modifications prior to a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child between the ages of 4-6 years
• Currently enrolled in a participating school's 4-year-old kindergarten (4K) classroom
• Parent/guardian willing to complete questionnaires in English
• Parent/guardian must have access to a mobile phone with texting capability

Exclusion criteria

• Parent or child has a medical condition that impairs their ability to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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13 participants in 1 patient group

Rested & Ready to Learn

Experimental group

Description:

All participants will receive the four-week Rested \& Ready to Learn sleep promotion program which includes text messaging to parents, home activities for parents and children to complete together, and brief classroom lessons.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Rested & Ready to Learn