一项随机对照试验的协议,评估CBT-I智能手机应用程序 (Sleep Ninja®) 对儿童失眠症状的影响
M Subotic-Kerry1, A Werner-Seidler2, B Corkish1
1Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
BMC psychiatry
|September 20, 2023
概括
这项研究测试了使用对失眠的认知行为疗法 (CBT-I) 的智能手机应用程序Sleep Ninja,以改善10-12岁儿童的睡眠. 它还评估了对焦虑,抑郁和严重抑郁症发病的影响.
科学领域:
- 儿科睡眠医学 儿科睡眠医学
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 儿童心理健康 儿童心理健康
背景情况:
- 许多儿童经历睡眠不足和睡眠问题,影响发展和福祉.
- 目前针对儿童睡眠障碍的干预措施往往以家长为重点,并且是繁重的.
- 在直接培养儿童有效的睡眠策略方面存在差距.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估修改后的Sleep Ninja®智能手机应用程序在治疗10-12岁儿童的失眠时的有效性.
- 评估应用程序对相关心理健康结果的影响,包括抑郁,焦虑和睡眠质量.
- 探索该应用程序在预防儿童出现重大抑郁障碍 (MDD) 的潜力.
主要方法:
- 一项随机对照试验,涉及214名10-12岁儿童,睡眠受损.
- 参与者被随机分配,接受睡眠忍者应用程序或数字心理教育传单6周.
- 包括失眠症状,抑郁,焦虑,睡眠质量和MDD发病在内的结果被评估在多个时间点.
主要成果:
- 这项研究旨在确定Sleep Ninja是否与主动对照组相比导致失眠和次要结果的减少.
- 治疗意向分析将使用重复措施的混合效应模型进行.
- 在干预组和对照组之间将比较9个月MDD发病的相对风险.
结论:
- 这项试验是首次调查儿童睡眠障碍的失眠认知行为治疗 (CBT-I) 智能手机应用程序.
- 预计结果将提供关于数字CBT-I在改善儿童睡眠和心理健康方面的有效性的经验证据.
- 研究结果将为开发和实施可访问,以儿童为中心的睡眠干预措施提供信息.
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