NCT05323942

The Effect of Sleep Hygiene and Exercise Therapy in Children With Sleep Bruxism

The Effect of Sleep Hygiene and Exercise Therapy on Bruxism, Sleep Habits, and Oral Habits in Children With Sleep Bruxism.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 37 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hasan Kalyoncu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aims of this study were to determine the relationship between sleep bruxism, oral habits, and sleep habits and establish treatment approaches in children.

Detailed description

This cross-sectional study was conducted on children aged between 6-and 13 years, diagnosed with sleep bruxism (SB). Initially, 82 children with a diagnosis of SB were evaluated. Among those, 37 children volunteered were followed for 8 weeks to investigate the effects of the education, sleep hygiene and therapeutic exercise program. Sleep hygiene education includes routines about bedtime, sleeping room environment, and timing for exercise. Therapeutic exercises program 5x5 included breathing exercises, head-neck, and scapular posture exercises which included jaw muscle and neck muscle stretching and strengthening exercises. They were asked to repeat each exercise 5 times and 5 times a day for 8 weeks.

Conditions

• Sleep Bruxism, Childhood

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Education and Exercise Therapy Group	82 children were evaluated. Among those, 37 volunteered children were trained and demonstrated in practice about bruxism, parafunctional oral habits, sleep hygiene education, and 5x5 therapeutic exercises. Therapeutic exercises program 5x5 included breathing exercises, head-neck, and scapular posture exercises which included jaw muscle and neck muscle stretching and strengthening exercises. They were asked to repeat each exercise with 5 set and 5 times a day for 8 weeks. Sleep hygiene education was given to parents and children with explanation of the parafunctional oral habits to raise awareness about being conscious about the oral habits. Sleep hygiene education includes routines about bedtime, sleeping room environment, and timing for exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-08
• Primary completion: 2021-04-16
• Completion: 2021-06-30
• First posted: 2022-04-12
• Last updated: 2022-04-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)