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The Effect of Yoga on Gaining Sleep Habits in Children

The Effect of the Little Yogis do Yoga Program on Sleeping Habits in Pre-school Children: Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05828290
Enrollment
36
Registered
2023-04-25
Start date
2023-03-31
Completion date
2023-06-30
Last updated
2023-04-28

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Conditions

Preschool Children, Sleep Habit, Yoga

Brief summary

This study was planned to determine the effect of the Little Yogis Doing Yoga Program, which will be created within the scope of the research, on getting children aged 5-6 years old to sleep habits. This study was planned in a pretest, posttest design, follow-up, randomized controlled study. The sample of the study will consist of 36 children (18 children in the intervention group, 18 children in the control group) in the 5-6 age group in Antalya between 15 March and 15 June 2023. The Little Yogis Doing Yoga Program, which was created within the scope of the research, will be applied to the children in the intervention group in two groups, two days a week, for 4 weeks, 30 minutes each, by the researcher who received child yoga specialization training. Data will be collected with Child and Family Information Form and Child Sleep Habits Questionnaire-CSHQ). CSHQ, T0-Pretest (Before the Program Little Yogis Doing Yoga), T1-Interim follow-up (after the program ends) and T2-Posttest (1 month after the program is completed) will be filled by the parents. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 24.0 package program will be used in the analysis of the data.

Detailed description

Preschool (three-six years) is a period in which the physical, psychomotor, social-emotional, cognitive and language development of the child is completed to a large extent. In this period when the growth-development process is very important, healthy and regular sleep plays an active role in many developmental areas of children, especially in brain development. For this reason, examining and arranging the sleep habits of children in the preschool period is of great importance for the healthy completion of the process. The aim of this study is to determine the sleep habits of children in the 5-6 age group and to determine the effect of children's yoga on these habits. This study was planned to determine the effect of the Little Yogis Doing Yoga Program, which will be created within the scope of the research, on instilling sleep habits in children aged 5-6 years.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALChild Yoga

The children's yoga consists of compositions such as playing, stories, postures, breathing exercises, imitations things in nature, memory games, music, dance and daydreaming.

Sponsors

Akdeniz University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

At the end of the research, the groups will be coded as A and B. Statistical analysis will be made by the statistics expert who is blinded to the groups in the study.

Intervention model description

pretest, posttest design, follow-up, randomized controlled trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 6 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 5-6 years old * No school attendance problems * Those who have the cognitive ability to carry out the commands given during child yoga. * Having no physical problems that may prevent active participation in children's yoga * Children who do not have an obstacle to communication (sight, hearing problems, etc.) and whose parents' consent to participate in the study are approved

Exclusion criteria

* Children who are actively attending any children's yoga program

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ)CSHQ score will evaluate at baselineTo gain children the ability to sleep habits. The Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ)- Abbreviated Form developed by Owens et al. consists of 33 items in total. In the scale, bedtime resistance (1,3,4,5,6,8 items), delay in falling asleep (2nd item), sleep duration (9,10,11 items), sleep anxiety (5,7,8, 21st items), night awakenings (items 16,24,25), parasomnias (12,13,14,15,17,22,23), disruption of breathing during sleep (items 18,19,20), day Eight subscales were defined as sleepiness (items 26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33). A total of 41 points is considered the cutoff point, and values above this are considered 'clinically significant'.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

Primary ContactAysegul I Dalgic, Prof.
aisler@akdeniz.edu.tr02423106124
Backup ContactFatma Nur Ünver, RN
unvernur16@gmail.com05079706574

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026