Pilot Trial of a Sleep-Promoting Intervention for Children With Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of an educational sleep-promoting intervention (Sleep Coach Jr.) for school-aged children (ages 5-9) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents.

Methods

Parents and children (N = 39 dyads, mean child age = 8 years, 64% girls,) were randomized to either the Sleep Coach Jr. intervention, consisting of educational materials and three individual phone calls (N = 20), or the Standard Care condition (N = 19). Data were collected at enrollment and 3 months later. Children and parents wore actigraphy devices to obtain an objective measure of sleep characteristics, and parents completed questionnaire measures of sleep quality and psychosocial outcomes. Clinical data (i.e., hemoglobin A1c, glucose data) were obtained from childre

SUBMITTER: Jaser SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679215 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature