Online Family-Based Behavioral Treatment to Improve Sleep in Children Ages 8-17 with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Their Parents

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are studying a brief web-based cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia CBT-I designed for children aged 8 to 17 with oppositional defiant disorder ODD and their parents. This pilot study aims to adapt and test the treatment for acceptability, feasibility, and early signs of effectiveness in improving sleep problems in this group. The intervention, called NiteCAPP SINCC, combines standard CBT-I methods such as sleep hygiene, stimulus control, sleep restriction, and cognitive therapy with specific modules addressing challenges faced by children with ODD and their parents. The treatment encourages active child participation as much as possible, with parents supporting the implementation of behavioral strategies. The study involves only this experimental behavioral intervention. Participants and their parents will complete daily sleep diaries each morning for 14 days at the start, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks into the study. They will also wear actigraphy devices continuously during these 2-week assessment periods to monitor sleep patterns. Additional measurements include heart rate variability during a stress task and various questionnaires assessing anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, parenting, stress, and child behavior at the same time points. The study monitors changes in sleep and related symptoms over about 10 weeks.

Digital Dyadic Family Based Intervention to Improve Sleep in Children with ODD and Their Parents: NiteCAPP SINCC (Pilot)