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Sleep Quality Among Children And Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Interventions
Other: questionnaire about sleep quality in diabetic children
Registration Number
NCT05686655
Lead Sponsor
Sohag University
Brief Summary

Sleep is an important health behavior for children and adolescents due to the impact it has on both mental and physical development. Although sleep is considered a resting period, it is also a period when the brain work to encode and consolidate memories into more stable representations for long term recall . Unfortunately, pediatric sleep disorders affect 25 - 40% of youth and several studies showed that children with chronic illness experience more problems with initiating and maintaining sleep than their non- chronically ill children .

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) affects the quality of sleep in children and adolescents as well as their caregivers. Sleep disturbances in patients with T1DM may negatively impact their ability to manage their diabetes .

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria
  • Children and adolescents aged 6 to 15 years .
  • diagnosed with T1DM for at least 6 months
  • attending the pediatric diabetes outpatient clinic at Sohag University Hospital.
  • Age and sex matched control group for acute non-serious illnesses
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Children and adolescents with associated neurological or psychiatric disorders .
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
diabetes childrenquestionnaire about sleep quality in diabetic children-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
sleep problems as frequent awakening during the nightin the past month

sleep problems as frequent awakening during the night

duration of nighttime sleep in hours in night times and weekendsin the past month

duration of nighttime sleep in hours in night times and weekends

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sohag University Hospital

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Sohag, Egypt

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