SCREENS: Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Electronics in the EveNing Study
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age8-11
SponsorBaylor College of Medicine
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
children between 8.0 and 11.9 year old
Tanner stage 1 and 2
live with their parent(s) (biological or legal guardian at least 50% of the time and has a primary role of caring for the child).
Children who sleep between 8.5 to 11 hours per night habitually
Disqualifiers
child blindness or colorblindness
significant vision problems
developmental or cognitive delays
diagnosis of a sleep or psychiatric disorder
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- no screen control with dim light and calming activities
- unfiltered Bright tablet screen
- Filtered dim tablet screen
- Exciting content
- Calming Content
Treatment groups
220 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Baylor College of Medicine
Lead sponsor
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov