Sleep Application Diary and Sleep Hygiene in Adolescents

Penn State Health

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Dyssomnias

Treatments: Behavioral: Treatment As Usual; Behavioral: Sleep Application Diary

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02557880

STUDY00002530

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study will be to see if adolescents can advance bedtime above what can be accomplished by counseling alone simply by inputting their information into a sleep application diary and reporting this information back to their sleep doctor.

Full description

Using a smart phone application, participants will record bedtime and wake up times as well as answer questions about their sleep throughout their participation in this study . Reaction time will also be measured through a smart phone application.

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males & Females age 12-17
• have access to a smart phone (iphone or android)
• present to a sleep disorder clinic with poor sleep hygiene and seen by a pediatric sleep specialist

Exclusion criteria

• significant developmental delays
• English is not the primary language spoken

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Sleep Application Diary

Experimental group

Description:

A sleep application diary which will automatically report results back to sleep doctor is used in addition to standard sleep hygiene counseling.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep Application Diary

Behavioral: Treatment As Usual

Treatment as Usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Sleep hygiene counseling

Treatment:

Behavioral: Treatment As Usual