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Feasibility of a Bedtime Variability Protocol

NCT06501690 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2024-11-08

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if parents and children 6-10 years old are willing and able to follow a protocol to be used to study the effects of short and/or variable sleep in children. During each of three, one-week long periods, parents will have their child follow one of the following bedtime schedules: 1) habitual bedtime; 2) 1 hour later bedtime; or 3) variable bedtime (+/- 1 hour of habitual bedtime each day). Children will wear a sleep tracker and parents will complete daily diaries. Participants will answer questions about their experiences completing the protocol.

Conditions

  • Sleep

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Late bedtime

Participants will go to bed 1 hour later than their habitual bedtime

BEHAVIORAL

Variable bedtime

Participants will go to bed at a prescribed time that varies each day within +/-1 hour of habitual bedtime

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Penn State University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-10
Primary Completion
2024-09-30
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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