Educational Intervention for Sleep Hygiene Nursing in Adolescents

Summary

There is an urgent need to influence the knowledge and beliefs associated with sleep (TV viewing, use of electronic devices, sedentary activity...) of school children through holistic interventions involving students, parents, teachers and other professionals in the education sector that can positively influence education. The project's main objective is to determine the acceptability and effectiveness of a school intervention consisting of counselling by family and community nurses. The methodological approach is Participatory Action Research (PAR), developed in three phases: exploratory, intervention, and evaluation. In the exploratory phase, which corresponds to a research study with a qualitative (focus groups and content analysis) and quantitative (questionnaires) approach, the study subjects will be students in the second year of secondary education in five schools in southern Spain (city and province), as well as parents and teachers. Sampling will be probabilistic. Following the action research cycle, the results of the exploration phase will be shared with all participants and will be considered for the intervention phase. This phase will aim to conceptualise/implement a sleep hygiene programme. It will take into account key aspects such as (i) health education, (ii) sleep hygiene, (iii) breathing control to facilitate sleep, (iv) sleep restriction, and (v) stimulus control. The programme will be implemented during 12 sessions of 30 minutes (intensive phase: 1 session/week for 3 weeks; maintenance phase: 1 session every 2 weeks) and will focus on cognitive-behavioural counselling. The intervention will be applied to the referred students from the participating schools. For this phase, the data analysis will be quantitative (pre-post intervention). The evaluation phase will occur 6 and 12 months after the intervention, with the same methodological approach as in the exploratory phase (quantitative and qualitative).

Conditions

• School-based Intervention
• Sleep

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sleep hygiene training programme

A programme focusing on cognitive-behavioural counselling. The programme will be delivered in 12 sessions of 30 minutes each (intensive phase: 1 session per week for 3 weeks; maintenance phase: 1 session every 2 weeks). After each meeting, the research group members will provide a short-written report reflecting the main discussion topics, the degree of participation, and the group's position in the participatory action research cycle. The discussion topics will be: 1. Management of sleep hygiene in schoolchildren, families and teachers: * Surveys (quantitative approach) * Focus groups (qualitative approach) * The study will identify the health assets 2. Educational elements

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

16 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-15

Primary Completion

2023-12-31

Completion

2024-07-31

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations