For professionals
Why is this research important?
ADHD affects about 3-6% of UK children, of whom up to 73% have sleep problems, increasing the burden of the disorder. In the UK, the commonest sleep problem in ADHD - chronic insomnia - is inadequately managed. Professionals rarely receive training in sleep and often prescribe melatonin as a ‘one-size-fits all’ approach. Face-to-face behavioural sleep interventions are effective to manage insomnia in children with ADHD, but their implementation is challenging in a resource-limited NHS.
What are the aims of the DISCA sleep study?
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To appraise the evidence on the efficacy/effectiveness of behavioural sleep interventions in children;
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To develop A) an adapted sleep screening questionnaire for children with ADHD and B) e-learning for clinicians on sleep problems in ADHD;
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To develop a novel digital behavioural intervention for chronic insomnia in children with ADHD;
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To test the cost-effectiveness of the digital behavioural intervention versus treatment as usual in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) with a 9-month internal pilot.
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