Development of Sleep Intervention for Parent and Child
- Conditions
- Behavioral Insomnia of Childhood
- Interventions
- Other: Active control conditionBehavioral: Intervention
- Registration Number
- NCT05806450
- Lead Sponsor
- Sungshin Women's University
- Brief Summary
This study aims to develop and test the intervention program to help manage parental thoughts in parents with child sleep problems.
- Detailed Description
Pediatric sleep problems are common and persistent, which result in negative outcomes without appropriate intervention. Behavioral sleep interventions (BSI) are evidence-based sleep training methods for improving pediatric sleep. However, parental factors (e.g., parental dysfunctional beliefs about child sleep) can interfere with the implementation of BSI. For example, being too worried or having misperceptions about infant sleep may interfere with the parent's ability to successfully and persistently implement BSIs. Therefore, parental thoughts and beliefs should be considered as an important target in the context of pediatric sleep interventions. This study aims to develop a cognitive intervention that identifies and targets parental misperceptions about child's sleep, and test the efficacy of the intervention through a randomized controlled trial.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 190
- Child's primary nighttime caregiver (mothers or fathers) of full-term, healthy, singleton, 6 to 24 months old
- Caregiver participants aged between 19 to 65 years
- The caregiver who is a native speaker of Korean (a person who is able to listen, speak, and write in Korean, and does not have any difficulties in understanding the Korean language)
- Residents of South Korea
- Sleep arrangements without restriction for using an auto-videosomnography device: (1) parent-child sleep separately (one should not change the sleep arrangement only for the participation in the study); (2) if parents and child share a bed, the child's own space should be large enough for the videosomnography camera to capture child body solely.
- Be available on devices with the camera (e.g., tablets, personal computers) for the online intervention/session
- Child's gestational age before 37 weeks or after 42 weeks
- Children with developmental disability
- Caregiver participant (or partner) who is currently working the night shift or night duty
- Caregiver participant who has a history of sleep disorders besides insomnia
- Caregiver participant who has lifetime bipolar disorder, schizophrenia spectrum, and other psychotic disorders, alcohol, caffeine, or other substance substance-related disorders, neurocognitive disorders, thyroid-related disorders, or epilepsy
- Caregiver participant who is currently experiencing a major depressive disorder, panic disorder (only if ≥ 4 nocturnal panic attacks in the past month), or post-traumatic stress-related problems
- Caregiver participant who is using medications or substances that directly affect sleep
- Caregiver participant who is currently getting cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi)
- Pregnant women
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Active control condition Active control condition Psychoeducation about basic sleep structure and sleep hygiene Intervention condition Intervention Structured online intervention consists of three weekly sessions of cognitive therapy and psychoeducation about child sleep
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Child sleep diary Changes from baseline to 4 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention Parent-report child's sleep diary will be collected. Sleep parameters include bedtime, wake time, total sleep time, sleep onset latency, wake time after sleep onset, and the number of awakenings. Total sleep time will be used as the main outcome.
Parental cognition about child sleep Changes from baseline to 4 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention Parental cognition about child's sleep will be measured by the Parental Understanding and Misperceptions about BAby Sleep-Questionnaire (PUMBA-Q). The score range is 0 to 92. Higher score represents higher levels of maladaptive cognition.
Child sleep (objective measurement) changes from baseline to 4 weeks Child sleep will be objectively measured using the videosomnography. Sleep parameters such as bedtime, wake time, total sleep time, sleep onset latency, wake time after sleep onset, number of parental interventions, and number of awakenings are calculated by the algorithm. Total sleep time will be used as the main outcome.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression changes from baseline to 4 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention The PROMIS-depression scale will be used to assess self-reported levels of depression. Scores range from 8 to 40. Higher scores reflect higher levels of depression.
Parental sleep diary changes from baseline to 4 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention Self-report parental sleep diary will be collected. Sleep parameters include bedtime, wake time, total sleep time, sleep onset latency, wake time after sleep onset, and number of awakenings.
Parental sleep disturbance changes from baseline to 4 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention The GSDS (General Sleep Disturbance Scale) scale will be used to assess self-reported levels of general sleep disturbance. Scores range from 0 to 147. Higher scores reflect higher levels of sleep disturbance.
Child sleep environment and parental interaction changes from baseline to 4 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention The Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire-Revised (BISQ-R) scale will assess child sleep environment such as bedroom environment, sleep routine, and parental behavior around infant sleep.
Parental sleep (objective measurement) changes from baseline to 4 weeks Parental sleep will be objectively measured by the Fitbit wearable device. Sleep parameters such as bedtime, wake time, and total sleep time are calculated by the algorithm.
Parental insomnia changes from baseline to 4 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention The ISI (Insomnia Severity Index) scale will be used to assess self-reported levels of insomnia severity. Scores range from 0 to 28. Higher scores reflect higher levels of insomnia symptom severity.
Anxiety changes from baseline to 4 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks post-intervention The PROMIS-anxiety scale will be used to assess self-reported levels of anxiety. Scores range from 8 to 40. Higher scores reflect higher levels of anxiety.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Sungshin Women's University
🇰🇷Seoul, Korea, Republic of