💬In plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
Determine the effectiveness and feasibility of a mobile health sleep extension approach in the pediatric nephrology setting, to increase sleep duration and reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria:
* Speak, read and write in English.
* Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and child assent.
* Have a computer or a tablet computer with access to the Internet or own a smartphone with a data and text plan.
* Parent reported sleep duration on school nights less than or equal to 7.5 hours.
* Recently diagnosed with essential hypertension by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM).
* If taking over the counter sleep aides, willing to stop them over the course of the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Any clinically diagnosed sleep disorder (e.g. sleep apnea) in the electronic health record and or regular use of prescribed sleep aide.
* Underlying chronic medical conditions, defined as a medical condition with a duration or expected duration longer than 3 months that involved taking regular medication, taking medications that could affect blood pressure (e.g., anti-hypertensive medications, glucocorticoids, or stimulants), and patients with underlying diagnoses known to be associated with elevated blood pressure (e.g., cardiac disease, kidney disease or diabetes).
Inclusion Criteria for Parents/Legal Guardians:
* Be the parent/guardian of an eligible child enrolled in the main study.
* Speak, read, and write in English.
Exclusion Criteria for Parents/Legal Guardians:
\- Limited English proficiency
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