The Effect of Sleep Hygiene Training Implemented

Sleep Hygiene Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Sleep Hygiene Training Implemented With the Combined Package Program on Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Habits in Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05957874
• Other study ID #: NEUSKose1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 9, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Necmettin Erbakan University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Good and quality sleep, which has an important place in the lives of all living things; important for the health and well-being of children. Proper sleep habits are needed for quality and adequate sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, these habits include practices such as regular bedtimes, sleep routines, screen restrictions before bed. With the age of starting school in children; Due to the roles brought by school, lessons and social obligations, problems such as delay in bedtime and shorter sleep time are seen. Shortening of sleep time causes sleep deprivation. sleep deprivation; It is defined as a delay in bedtime and a shorter sleep time than would normally be due to intentional or daily activities. The use of sleep hygiene interventions to address sleep deprivation in children is highly effective. Sleep hygiene is a cost-effective method that is performed without the need for any additional material, consisting of both environmental and behavioral habits. In our study, a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest-control study design with a control group will be used to determine the effect of sleep hygiene education applied with the combined package program on sleep deprivation and sleep habits in children. After the necessary permissions are obtained, the classes will be divided into experiments and controls by drawing lots. To the experimental group; After the pre-test is applied, training and tasks will be given. In addition, a sleep hygiene policy will be sent to the families by phone every day. The total intervention will last four weeks, at the end of which a post-test will be administered. Two weeks will be waited without intervention, two weeks later the control measurement will be made. To the control group; Pre-test and post-test will be applied at the same time with the experimental group and training will be given after the post-test. The research data will be evaluated with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) statistical program on the computer and in the form of numbers, percentages, averages and standard deviations for descriptive statistics in the computer environment and with necessary statistical analyzes. Significance will be accepted as p<0.05 at α=95% confidence interval.

Description:

Sleep; It is a physiological need that has a very strong effect on increasing the quality of life of individuals. Good and quality sleep for children, which has an important place in the lives of all living things; important for their health and well-being. in children; ensuring healthy growth and development, establishment of homeostatic balance mechanism, sensory and hormonal development, improvement of metabolism and immune system, cognitive development, memory, academic performance, cardiovascular risk, obesity; Psychological conditions such as depression, suicidality, paranoia, and hallucinations have been associated with sleep quality and adequacy.

Proper sleep habits are needed for quality and adequate sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, these habits include practices such as regular bedtimes, sleep routines, screen restrictions before bedtime. A circadian rhythm develops until the age of 6, and after the age of 6, the habit of being a night owl or getting up early is observed. In addition, with the school starting age (after the age of 6), children enter into a busy schedule and their sleeping habits may change. Adequate sleep time for school-age children is 9-11 hours.

With the age of starting school in children; Due to the roles brought by school, lessons and social obligations, problems such as delay in bedtime and shorter sleep time are observed. Shortening of sleep time causes sleep deprivation. sleep deprivation; It is defined as a delay in bedtime and a shorter sleep time than it should be, either intentionally or due to daily actions. sleep deprivation in children; It causes decrease in cognitive performance, poor school performance, weakening of mental abilities, daytime sleepiness, lack of physical activity, obesity and changes in dietary habits (short sleep calorie foods and carbonated drink consumption; adequate sleep fruit and vegetable consumption. For these reasons, it is of great importance to eliminate sleep deprivation in children. The use of sleep hygiene interventions to address sleep deprivation in children is highly effective. Sleep hygiene is a set of behaviors that aim to improve sleep quality by eliminating bad sleep habits. Sleep hygiene is a cost-effective method that is performed without the need for any additional material, consisting of both environmental and behavioral habits. It is known that sleep hygiene interventions, especially performed at school, are very effective and applicable.

When the literature is examined, sleep hygiene interventions are generally focused on children with a health problem (hyperactivity, autism, sleep problems, etc. Although the effects of sleep on school performance are known, interventions to improve the sleep quality of healthy school-age children are very few. School is a very effective environment in developing healthy behavior, and the home environment is important for the behavior to continue. For these reasons, in our study, school-age children who do not have any health problems will be handled using both the school environment and the home environment. The research to be carried out is unique from other studies in that it aims to create behavior in children by using the school and home environment together and by attracting the attention of the materials used by the children. As a result of the examinations (yök thesis, google academic Turkish, etc.), our research is the first in Turkey in terms of being aimed at healthy children, the intervention for both children and families, and a quasi-experimental research design.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 74
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: February 28, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 9 Years to 11 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The child is studying in the 4th grade (9-11 years old)

• Ability to read, write and speak Turkish

• The willingness of the family and the child to participate in the research

• Having internet access

Exclusion Criteria:

• Using any sleeping pills

• Presence of a concomitant chronic disease

• Having received any training on sleep

• Existence of a situation that will prevent the understanding of the given education

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sleep Deprivation
• Sleep Hygiene

Intervention

Other:
• Combined package program
Combined package program content: Training: A one-week sleep hygiene training will be given to the experimental group. The training will take an average of 30 minutes for three consecutive days and a training booklet will be provided. In addition, two posters will be prepared to hang in the classroom. In one of the posters, a sleep hygiene rule will be placed at each hour using the clock order. In the other poster, good and bad sleep habits will be placed in the form of do-do. Task Flower: Tasks that will facilitate the transition to weekly sleep will be given to the children of the experimental group. Tasks are applications to be done within 30-60 minutes before going to bed. After the tasks, the children will perform their daily sleep routine and go to sleep. Notifications: As part of using technology positively, reminders will be sent to families every day for two weeks via a social media tool. These warnings will include sleep hygiene principles.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Hemsirelik Fakültesi	Konya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Necmettin Erbakan University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (1)

Ahmadi, Z., & Omidvar, S. (2022). The quality of sleep and daytime sleepiness and their association with quality of school life and school achievement among students. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 11(1), 159. https://doi.org/10.4103/JEHP.JEHP

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Child Sleep Habits Questionnaire	The abbreviated form of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ), developed by Owens et al. in 2000, was adapted to Turkish by Perdahli Fis et al. The scale is filled by the mothers and/or fathers of primary school 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade students. The mother and/or father are asked to evaluate the child's sleep habits considering the past week. The scale consists of 33 items. The scale has eight sub-dimensions, which can be listed as bedtime resistance, delayed falling asleep, sleep duration, sleep anxiety, night awakenings, parasomnias, impaired breathing during sleep, and daytime sleepiness. Cronbach's alpha value was found to be 0.78. 41 points obtained from the scale are accepted as the cut-off point, and values above this are considered clinically significant.	After the pretest in the 1st week, the posttest in the 4th week and the control measurement in the 6th week will be done.
Primary	Sociodemographic Characteristics and Introductory Information Form	This form, which was created by the researchers by scanning the literature, also includes age, gender, educational status of parents, sleeping and waking hours, etc. There are 17 questions	1st week (pretest)
Secondary	Sleep Deprivation Scale for Children and Adolescents	In the context of the validity and reliability study of the Child and Adolescent Sleep Deprivation Scale developed by Kandemir et al., this form was created regarding the sleep needs of children and adolescents attending school. The scale can be applied to children and adolescents between the ages of 8-17. The scale, which emerged as a one-dimensional structure, consists of 15 items and a 4-point Likert type prepared as "strongly disagree", "disagree", "agree" and "strongly agree". The Cronbach Alpha value of the scale is 0.94. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 15 and the highest score is 60. As the score from the scale increases, sleep deprivation increases, and as it decreases, sleep deprivation decreases.	After the pretest in the 1st week, the posttest in the 4th week and the control measurement in the 6th week will be done.