Does a brief, behavioural sleep intervention, delivered by trained paediatricians and psychologists improve sleep, ADHD symptom severity and behaviour for children with ADHD? A cluster-randomised, translational trial

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (Australia)0 sites320 target enrollmentNovember 17, 2014

Overview

Registry

who.int

Start Date

November 17, 2014

End Date

December 31, 2017

Last Updated

7 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (Australia)

•Inclusion criteria as of 13/01/2017
•Families of children aged 5 \- 12 years (either sex) with caregiver report of:
•1\. Moderate to severe sleep problems
•2\. ADHD symptoms meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM\-IV) criteria for ADHD (child also needs to have been previously diagnosed with ADHD by a paediatrician)
•3\. At least one of the following sleep problems as defined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine diagnostic criteria (2014\):
•3\.1 Chronic insomnia disorder
•3\.2 Sleep\-wake phase disorder
•3\.3 Sleep\-related anxiety”
•Original inclusion criteria:
•Families of children aged 5 \- 12 years (either sex) with caregiver report of:

•Potential participants will be excluded from the study if they meet any of the following conditions:
•1\. Suspected obstructive sleep apnoea as screened by three obstructive sleep apnoea items from the Child Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) and interview with CI Hiscock (paediatrician)
•2\. Have a major illness (e.g. cerebral palsy) or disability (e.g. intellectual disability)
•3\. Non\-English speaking