Developing a sleep guide for child with autism spectrum disorder and investigating its efficacy on sleep and Severity of symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder

Not Applicable

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Autistic disorder
F84.0

Registration Number: IRCT20240105060616N1

Lead Sponsor: Iran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for parents: being able to read and write; Having complaint about sleep problems in child with ASD; Willingness and declaration of readiness to cooperate with the researcher to implement the intervention at home; Availability of at least one parent who can continuously participate in educational and research activities.
Children's inclusion criteria: having an ASD diagnosis by a child psychiatrist; The severity of autism according to the GARS test be at level 1 or 2; Obtaining a score higher than 41 in CSHQ; The child is in the age range of 6 to 10 years.
Having at least 5 years of clinical and research experience in working with children with ASD; Having expertise related to children with ASD such as pediatric psychiatrist, pediatric occupational therapist, pediatric psychologist.

Exclusion Criteria

Having a psychiatric disorder in the active phase, in the primary caregiver according to the SCID.
Taking drugs that have the potential to induce sleep during the intervention and after 6 pm by the child (such as melatonin, benzodiazepines, antipsychotics such as haloperidol, olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, perphenazine, chlorpromazine, antidepressants such as imipramine, amitriptyline and clomipramine)
The presence of severe medical problems in the child based on the medical record or as reported by the parents

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep. Timepoint: Before the intervention, After the intervention, At the follow-up time two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ).;Severity of symptoms. Timepoint: Before the intervention, After the intervention, At the follow-up time two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Autism Behaviour Checklist (ABC).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parent stress. Timepoint: Before the intervention, After the intervention, At the follow-up time two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Parent Stress Index-Short form (PSI-SF).;Executive Function. Timepoint: Before the intervention, After the intervention, At the follow-up time two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Parent version (BRIEF).