High School Start Time and Teen Migraine Frequency

Migraine Clinical Trial

Official title:

High School Start Time and Adolescent Migraine Frequency

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03766412
• Other study ID #: High School Start Time Study
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: October 15, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: December 2018
• Source: University of California, San Francisco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Migraine is common in adolescents and can cause missed school and disability.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 AM in order to accommodate the physiologic needs of adolescents-whose brains naturally want to fall asleep later and wake up later and who still need to get at least 8 hours of sleep per night to function optimally-however, only about 18% of US high schools comply with this AAP recommendation. There is a relationship between adequate sleep and migraine. The investigators aim to determine whether high school students with migraine who attend high schools that comply with this AAP recommendation have lower migraine frequency than those that do not.

If so, it would argue for advocating for changes in high school policy to optimize health of adolescents with migraine.

Description:

Study design: This is an observational study of high-school students in the U.S. who have migraine and who attend a standard high school (i.e. are not home schooled or online schooled). They will complete a one-time online survey answering questions about their headaches and their schedule--particularly schedule aspects related to school and sleep.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 256
• Est. completion date: October 15, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: October 15, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

1. Live in the U.S.

2. In 9th-12th grade

3. Attends a high school that is outside of the home (i.e. not home-schooled or online schooled)

4. High school has a consistent start time all 5 days of the week

5. Has migraine by International Classification of Headache Disorders criteria

6. Can read and write in English

Exclusion criteria: NA

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Migraine
• Migraine Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• High School start time
The time that the school starts

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF)	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, San Francisco

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Headache days per month	How many headache days experienced in the last month	Last 30 days
Secondary	Hours of sleep on typical school night	Respondent's estimate of hours of sleep on a typical school night	Last 30 days
Secondary	Typical bedtime on school night	Respondent's estimate of typical bedtime on school night	Last 30 days
Secondary	Typical wake up time on a school day	Respondent's estimate of typical wakeup time on a school day	Last 30 days
Secondary	Number of missed breakfasts in a typical school week	Respondent's estimate of how many times they miss breakfast in a typical school week	Last 30 days
Secondary	Acute headache medication days per month	How many days per month respondent uses acute headache medication	Last 30 days
Secondary	PedMIDAS (Pediatric Migraine Disability Assessment Scale)	Headache related disability score--Total score ranges from 0-246	Last 90 days