Using Yoga to Reduce Chaos and Improve Preschooler Sleep
- Conditions
- Sleep, InadequateSleep
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Yoga-based bedtime routine
- Registration Number
- NCT06549868
- Lead Sponsor
- Emily Guseman
- Brief Summary
The goal of this intervention study is to learn if a yoga-based bedtime routine is feasible for families to follow and to learn if the routine is effective at improving preschooler sleep. The main question it aims to answer is:
Will families be able to follow the routine regularly during the study period? Will following the yoga routine improve household chaos and preschooler sleep? Researchers will compare the yoga group to a control group to see if implementing the yoga routine works better than simple advice to read a bedtime story.
Participants will be asked to visit the lab 4 times. At the first visit, we will measure body size of parents and children, ask parents to complete some surveys, and fit each of them with an activity monitor. One week later, they will return for the second visit. At this visit, we will collect the activity monitor and assign the participants to either the intervention (yoga) or control (bedtime story) group. Families in the intervention group will learn about the intervention and be asked to follow it for the next four weeks. Families in the control group will receive a book and advice about reading stories at bedtime. After four weeks, families will return to the lab for a third visit and we will repeat the measurements from visit 1. Then, families in the intervention group will be asked to follow the yoga routine as much as they would like to for the next 4 weeks. Families in the control group will \"cross over\" to the intervention group and will follow the yoga intervention for 4 weeks. Then, families will return to the lab for a 4th visit, where we will repeat all of the measures from the first visit and the study will be complete.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
- Children between 2.0-5.9 years of age and their self-identified primary parent/guardian
- Parent currently pregnant Child or parent unable to walk independently Child or parent has an upper body mobility limitation that precludes completion of yoga routine
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Yoga Yoga-based bedtime routine Participants will be asked to follow a yoga-based bedtime routine for 4 weeks Story Yoga-based bedtime routine Waitlist control arm. Participants will complete a 4-week control period upon randomization. After this control period is completed, they will crossover into the intervention group and follow the same 4 week intervention as the yoga group.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intervention adherence 4 weeks Number of yoga sessions completed Percent of prescribed sessions completed
Household chaos at week 1, week 5, and week 10 Measured using Chaos, Hubbub, and Order Scale (CHAOS) at enrollment, crossover point, and study completion. A lower CHAOS score post-intervention would indicate an improvement in household chaos.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Child sleep duration at week 1, week 5, and week 10 nightly sleep measured by waist-worn accelerometer at enrollment, crossover point, and study completion
Parent sleep duration 1 week at week 1, week 5, and week 10 nightly sleep measured by waist-worn accelerometer at enrollment, crossover point, and study completion
Parent sleep quality 1 week at week 1, week 5, and week 10 nightly sleep measured by waist-worn accelerometer at enrollment, crossover point, and study completion
Child sleep quality 1 week at week 1, week 5, and week 10 measured by Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ; scored using mean and standard deviation of survey items. A higher CSHQ mean score indicates worse sleep quality)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Ohio University
🇺🇸Athens, Ohio, United States