Actively Recruiting
SCREENS: Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Electronics in the EveNing Study
Led by Baylor College of Medicine · Updated on 2025-05-09
220
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
189 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
B
Baylor College of Medicine
Lead Sponsor
E
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The proposed project aims to disentangle the impact of evening light exposure emitted from tablet devices from the impact of arousing media content on children's sleep regulation, circadian physiology and next-day emotion regulation and executive functioning.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
SCREENS: Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Electronics in the EveNing Study
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children between 8.0 and 11.9 years old
- Tanner stage 1 or 2
- Lives with parent(s) or legal guardian at least 50% of the time who primarily cares for the child
- Habitually sleeps between 8.5 to 11 hours per night
- Sleeps alone most nights
- Parent and child can communicate, read, and write in English
- If child has a mobile device, it must be an Android OS 5.0 used by child or shared, Amazon Fire OS 5.0 used only by child, or Apple iOS 14.0 used only by the child
- Parent and child agree to install an app or allow usage screenshots for device monitoring
- Family lives in the greater Houston area
You will not qualify if you...
- Child is blind or colorblind
- Significant vision problems
- Developmental or cognitive delays
- Diagnosis of sleep or psychiatric disorder
- Diagnosed cognitive or learning impairments affecting executive function (e.g., ADHD)
- Medical conditions impacting sleep
- Taking medications that affect sleep
- Traveled beyond 2 time zones in the month before study start
AI-Screening
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Children's Nutrition Research Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
I
Insia Raza, MPH
CONTACT
H
Hafza Dadabhoy
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
4
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