Short sleep duration
Conditions
Interventions
Two groups:Workshop and telephone interview, 3 workshops over consecutive weeks (week 1-3), and 7 telephone interviews (week 1-7) for seven weeks versus Telephone interview for seven weeks, weekly
Sponsors
Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Years to 5 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Preschool children aged between 3 and 5 years old; 2. Parent-reported weekday sleep duration <25th percentile of each age within each kindergarten; 3. Parents' willingness to follow study protocol to extend their child's sleep.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Presence of habitual snoring; 2. Acute physical illness within 4 weeks of recruitment; 3. Chronic illness that may affect the childs sleep pattern for example poorly controlled asthma and or eczema; 4. Use of any medication or diagnosed to have developmental or psychiatric disorder.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sleep duration; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sleep efficiency;Wake after sleep onset (WASO);Sleep latency;Behavioural problem score;Sleep problem score;Objective measures of attention; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactAlbert Marin Li
Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital
Outcome results
None listed