Sustainable Habits for Encouraging Even Teen Sleep

This study will be testing two digital sleep health interventions for adolescents. Adolescents in both conditions will receive sleep education-related content. This project also uses an innovative digital platform and wearable sensors to deliver feedback.

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate a 6-week digital sleep intervention to promote healthy sleep patterns. The study will be broken up into two phases: Phase 1: Focus group participation. Participants and their guardian will be asked to participate in a focus group to get their thoughts/opinions on the intervention. Phase 2: Participants and their guardian will be asked to come to 4 different study visits: baseline, post-intervention, 3 month and 6 month follow up. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires about demographics, psychiatric health, and sleep patterns. The participants will be asked to wear an ActiGraph watch for 24hrs/day for a week for 4 separate weeks, a Garmin for the duration of the 6-week intervention and keep a sleep diary through an online program.

Inclusion criteria

• ages 12-14 years
• parent concern on the routines/consistency subscale of the Pediatric Sleep Practices Questionnaire, indicating poor sleep practices (score of 2) in at least one of the following: bedtime consistency, wake time consistency, and bedtime routines;
• ability to speak, read and write in English
• access to internet and smartphone device with capacity to download intervention App (iOS and Android)
• valid email address
• ability to follow written and verbal instructions
• ability and willingness to comply with study procedures.

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosed sleep disorder
• psychiatric disorder under treatment (medication and/or therapy) or intellectual disability
• chronic pain condition interfering with sleep
• substance use disorder
• use of medication for sleep (prescription or over-the-counter)
• has a sibling also enrolled/participating in the same study