NCT01558180

Telephone Care Management to Address Sleep Problems in Young Children With Autism

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing a telephone based intervention (TCM) to usual care (UC). TCM will feature a registered nurse providing a series of phone calls to assist caregivers in learning and modifying behavioral strategies that may help young children with autism to sleep better. Objective (activity monitors) and subjective (rating scales) data will be collected by an independent research assistant at the end of the project. The investigators hypothesize that TCM improves sleep duration and decreases sleep problems relative to a usual care control condition (UC).

Detailed description

Please see brief summary.

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Insomnia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telephone Care Management	series of phone calls from registered nurse to discuss behavioral suggestions for pediatric insomnia
BEHAVIORAL	Usual Care	educational handouts on pediatric insomnia

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2012-03-20
• Last updated: 2015-02-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States