Helping Young Children Sleep

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Insomnia

Treatments: Behavioral: Internet; Behavioral: DVD

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01729715

IRB12-00439

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are conducting a randomized trial of behavioral treatments for young children with insomnia. The investigators are comparing the improvement in sleep patterns after families are given access to Internet sleep instructions compared to DVD sleep instructions.

Enrollment: 240 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 36 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 6-36 months
• difficulties falling asleep or staying asleep
• DVD and internet access

Exclusion criteria

• Under 14 pounds
• Requires nighttime feeding or parental intervention for health reasons
• Chronic medical or psychological conditions such as asthma or autism
• Parents prefer co-sleeping

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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240 participants in 3 patient groups

Internet

Experimental group

Description:

Internet site that offers parents tips on promoting sleep in infants and toddlers

Treatment:

Behavioral: Internet

DVD

Experimental group

Description:

DVD that offers parents tips on promoting sleep in infants and toddlers

Treatment:

Behavioral: DVD

No treatment

No Intervention group