Enhancing Sleep Duration: Effects on Children's Eating and Activity Behaviors
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Sleep
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
- Enrollment
- 103
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Sleep Duration
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The proposed study aims to determine whether an intervention to increase sleep in school-age children is associated with positive changes in eating, activity behaviors and zBMI. One hundred four children 8-11 years old who sleep 9 ½ hours or less per night will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 conditions: 1) optimize sleep (increase TIB by 1 ½ hours/night to produce a change in sleep duration of approximately 40 minutes/night), or 2) control (no change in sleep). Families of children in the optimize sleep group will be taught effective behavioral strategies that have been shown to improve sleep duration. At baseline, 2-week and 2-month follow-up, the following will be gathered: sleep duration (measured by actigraphy), food intake (measured by 3 days of 24-hour recall), activity level (measured by accelerometry), the relative reinforcing value (RRV) of food (measured using a validated experimental paradigm), and measured child height and weight.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age 8-11 years old
- •BMI for age and gender \> 10th percentile (but no greater than 100% overweight)
- •Sleep 9.5 hours or less nightly
- •Attend elementary school
- •Like at least 1 food used in the reinforcement paradigm
- •Able to understand and complete the reinforcement paradigm
Exclusion Criteria
- •Existence of a diagnosable parasomnia, sleep disordered breathing
- •Medical or psychiatric condition that could influence sleep or weight
- •Inability to complete study materials, including diagnosed disabilities
- •Dietary restrictions/allergies to foods used in the study that preclude them from study participation
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Sleep Duration
Time Frame: Baseline, 2-weeks, and 2-months
Measured with actigraphy
Change in Dietary Intake
Time Frame: Baseline, 2-weeks, and 2-months
Measured using 24-hour dietary recalls (2 weekday and 1 weekend day)
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in zBMI(Baseline, 2-week, and 2-month)
- Change in activity(Baseline, 2-week, and 2-month)
- Change in the Reinforcing Value of Food(Baseline, 2-weeks, and 2-months)