Sleep, Mood, and Behavior Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Sleep Difficulties in Pediatric Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia
In brief
The purpose of this study is to assess whether improving sleep in children and adolescents with anxiety disorder will further enhance affective, clinical, and social functioning.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00787397
- Run by
- University of Pittsburgh
- People needed
- 51
- Starts
- 2009-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-01-08
Who can join
Age: 9 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Clinical diagnosis of DSM-IV diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD), and Social Phobia (SP)
- Previous enrollment Cognitive Behavioral Therapy arm in ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00774150 study, entitled, " Transdisciplinary Studies of CBT for Anxiety in Youth: Child Anxiety Treatment Study (CATS)"
- The child/adolescent must have a "sleep problem" defined as: difficulties at least 3 times within a 2-week period in one or more of the following domains:
- difficulties going to sleep
- difficulties waking during the night
- difficulties getting up on time for school because of tiredness/sleepiness
- daytime tiredness and/or irritability that the child or parent attributed to insufficient sleep
- erratic sleep-wake schedules
You may not qualify if…
- IQ below 70 as assessed by the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI).
- Requires current ongoing treatment with psychoactive medications including anxiolytics and antidepressants.
- Acutely suicidal or at risk for harm to self or others.
- Any motor impairments or eye-hand coordination problems
- Sleep disorder or parasomnia.
- Taking any medication that might interfere with sleep.
- Has a medical problem that might interfere with sleep.
Where it is running
- University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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