High School Start Time and Teen Migraine Frequency

Completed

• Conditions: Migraine
• Interventions: Other: High School start time

• Registration Number: NCT03766412
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

Migraine is common in adolescents and can cause missed school and disability.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 AM in order to accommodate the physiologic needs of adolescents-whose brains naturally want to fall asleep later and wake up later and who still need to get at least 8 hours of sleep per night to function optimally-however, only about 18% of US high schools comply with this AAP recommendation. There is a relationship between adequate sleep and migraine. The investigators aim to determine whether high school students with migraine who attend high schools that comply with this AAP recommendation have lower migraine frequency than those that do not.

If so, it would argue for advocating for changes in high school policy to optimize health of adolescents with migraine.

Detailed Description

Study design: This is an observational study of high-school students in the U.S. who have migraine and who attend a standard high school (i.e. are not home schooled or online schooled). They will complete a one-time online survey answering questions about their headaches and their schedule--particularly schedule aspects related to school and sleep.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-11
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-15
• Study Completion: 2018-10-15
• Status Verified: 2018-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-04
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-02
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 256

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
School start time 8:30 AM or later	High School start time	These are high schoolers with migraine who attend a school that begins at 8:30 AM or later (i.e. follows AAP recommendation re: high school start time).
School start time earlier than 8:30	High School start time	These are high schoolers with migraine who attend a school that begins earlier than 8:30 AM (i.e. does not follow AAP recommendation re: high school start time).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Headache days per month	Last 30 days	How many headache days experienced in the last month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Typical bedtime on school night	Last 30 days	Respondent's estimate of typical bedtime on school night
Hours of sleep on typical school night	Last 30 days	Respondent's estimate of hours of sleep on a typical school night
Typical wake up time on a school day	Last 30 days	Respondent's estimate of typical wakeup time on a school day
Number of missed breakfasts in a typical school week	Last 30 days	Respondent's estimate of how many times they miss breakfast in a typical school week
Acute headache medication days per month	Last 30 days	How many days per month respondent uses acute headache medication
PedMIDAS (Pediatric Migraine Disability Assessment Scale)	Last 90 days	Headache related disability score--Total score ranges from 0-246

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF); 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States