Study of Two Approaches to Improve Sleep and Prevent Excess Weight Gain in Children Ages 6 to 11

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating two approaches to help families with children aged 6 to 11 years improve nighttime sleep and prevent obesity. The study focuses on children who typically sleep less than 9 hours per night and aims to assess the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a brief behavioral intervention compared to sleep education. The trial is conducted with children primarily from African AmericanBlack backgrounds and lower socioeconomic groups. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups the Optimize Sleep Primary Care OSPC behavioral intervention or Enhanced Usual Care EUC. The OSPC group receives a nurse-delivered program including two video sessions and four phone follow-ups focusing on behavioral strategies to increase sleep by about one hour per night. The EUC group receives six educational contacts about sleep benefits and needs. Both groups continue with standard pediatric care throughout the six-month study. Families will complete three assessments at the start, 2 months, and 6 months, including questionnaires, sleep and physical activity monitoring using devices, dietary recalls on two days, and height and weight measurements. Researchers will track enrollment, provider engagement, session attendance, intervention delivery accuracy, family retention, and acceptability. They will also measure changes in sleep duration, diet, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and weight status over six months.

Brief Behavioral Sleep Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Primary Care