Bedtime Stories: A Sleep Health Education Program for Healthcare Providers
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interventional
25
1 country
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Brief Summary
This is a pilot intervention of the Bedtime Stories Sleep Health Education Program for healthcare providers serving school aged children and their caregivers. The intervention uses a pre-post design across participants.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Oct 2024
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 22, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 12, 2024
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
October 9, 2024
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2025
CompletedAugust 28, 2025
August 1, 2025
9 months
May 22, 2024
August 22, 2025
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Provider knowledge, perceptions, and practices of sleep health
Changes in self-reported knowledge, attitudes, confidence, intent to change practice (questions included in the post participation questionnaire). Retrospective pre-post survey. The scale is named "Sleep Questions for Retrospective Pre-Post Survey". The minimum value is 10 and the maximum value is 55. A higher score indicates more confidence in sleep health knowledge (a better outcome).
1-14 days
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Provider Acceptability
1-14 days
Provider Feasibility (number of modules)
1-14 days
Provider Feasibility (time spent)
1-14 days
Provider Feedback on Drafted Content
1-14 days
Study Arms (1)
Sleep Health Education Program for Healthcare Providers
EXPERIMENTALThe BTS-HP is an online sleep health education program supported by the Boston Children's Hospital Department of Education (CE Courses - BCH Education (childrenshospital.org). The provider will also receive access to an educational webinar on Melatonin. The provider can participate all modules and the webinar in one sitting or overtime.
Interventions
The sleep health education program includes 6 educational modules on different topics related to sleep health: (1) Basics of Sleep, 2) Sleep and Development, 3) Sleep Health, 4) Consequences of Deficient Sleep, 5) Sleep Health Disparities, and 6) Sleep Screening and Evaluation.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years old or over
- Community Healthcare Provider (physicians, residents, registered nurses, nurse practitioners) at participating community healthcare centers in the Boston area
- Serve families with school-aged (4-10 years of age) children
- English fluency
You may not qualify if:
- Community healthcare providers that do not see school-aged children (4-10 years of age)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Boston Children's Hospitallead
- Allan & Gill Gray Foundationcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
Related Publications (3)
Owens JA. The practice of pediatric sleep medicine: results of a community survey. Pediatrics. 2001 Sep;108(3):E51. doi: 10.1542/peds.108.3.e51.
PMID: 11533369BACKGROUNDOwens JA, Jones C. Parental knowledge of healthy sleep in young children: results of a primary care clinic survey. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2011 Jul-Aug;32(6):447-53. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31821bd20b.
PMID: 21546852BACKGROUNDMeltzer LJ, Mindell JA. Systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral interventions for pediatric insomnia. J Pediatr Psychol. 2014 Sep;39(8):932-48. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsu041. Epub 2014 Jun 19.
PMID: 24947271BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Judith Owens, MD
Boston Children's Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor of Neurology
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 22, 2024
First Posted
June 12, 2024
Study Start
October 9, 2024
Primary Completion
July 1, 2025
Study Completion
July 1, 2025
Last Updated
August 28, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share