Clinical trial NCT06549868: Using Yoga to Reduce Chaos and Improve Preschooler Sleep
Official title: Using Yoga to Reduce Chaos and Improve Preschooler Sleep
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sleep, Inadequate
Sleep
Keywords: sleep
children
preschool
yoga
parents
household chaos
Lead sponsor: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-12
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 2
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this intervention study is to learn if a yoga-based bedtime routine is feasible for families to follow and to learn if the routine is effective at improving preschooler sleep. The main question it aims to answer is:

Will families be able to follow the routine regularly during the study period? Will following the yoga routine improve household chaos and preschooler sleep? Researchers will compare the yoga group to a control group to see if implementing the yoga routine works better than simple advice to read a bedtime story.

Participants will be asked to visit the lab 4 times. At the first visit, we will measure body size of parents and children, ask parents to complete some surveys, and fit each of them with an activity monitor. One week later, they will return for the second visit. At this visit, we will collect the activity monitor and assign the participants to either the intervention (yoga) or control (bedtime story) group. Families in the intervention group will learn about the intervention and be asked to follow it for the next four weeks. Families in the control group will receive a book and advice about reading stories at bedtime. After four weeks, families will return to the lab for a third visit and we will repeat the measurements from visit 1. Then, families in the intervention group will be asked to follow the yoga routine as much as they would like to for the next 4 weeks. Families in the control group will \&#34;cross over\&#34; to the intervention group and will follow the yoga intervention for 4 weeks. Then, families will return to the lab for a 4th visit, where we will repeat all of the measures from the first visit and the study will be complete.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Children between 2.0-5.9 years of age and their self-identified primary parent/guardian

Exclusion Criteria:

- Parent currently pregnant Child or parent unable to walk independently Child or parent has an upper body mobility limitation that precludes completion of yoga routine

Primary outcomes:
measure: Intervention adherence
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Household chaos
timeFrame: at week 1, week 5, and week 10
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Child sleep duration
timeFrame: at week 1, week 5, and week 10
measure: Parent sleep duration
timeFrame: 1 week at week 1, week 5, and week 10
measure: Parent sleep quality
timeFrame: 1 week at week 1, week 5, and week 10
measure: Child sleep quality
timeFrame: 1 week at week 1, week 5, and week 10
measure: Child sleep quality
timeFrame: 1 week at week 1, week 5, and week 10
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Athens
country: United States
facility: Ohio University
state: Ohio
Study officials:
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