SLEEP – Sleep intervention for children and adolescents with neuropsychiatric disabilities

The aim is to investigate sleep in children with neuropsychiatric disabilities and how it affects the child's well-being (longitudinal design) and to evaluate a sleep intervention with a weighted blanket for children with neuropsychiatric disabilities and sleep problems (RCT design).

There are limited studies on the health effects or health economic benefits of sleep interventions for children with neuropsychiatric disabilities. There are also no uniform patient-reported measures (PROMs) or patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) for sleep in this patient group that can be used to promote informed decisions in Sweden.

The project intends to contribute to a better understanding of relevant and valid methods for evaluating health-related outcomes, sleep and cost-effectiveness in interventions on children with NPS and sleep problems.

About the project

Project period:

2018–2025

Financiers:

KK-stiftelsen
Forte

Collaboration partners:

Barn och ungdomspsykiatrin, Region Halland
Novista AB

Project leader:

Ingrid Larsson, RN, PhD, Docent

Other participating researchers:

Petra Svedberg, Professor
Katarina Aili, Senior Lecturer
Jens Nygren, Professor
Maria Lönn, PhD Student
Annelie Lindholm, PhD
Julia Söderström Malmborg, Associate Senior Lecturer
Håkan Jarbin, Chief Physician, PhD, The children and adolescent psychiatry centre, Region Halland

Publications:

Experiences of Using Weighted Blankets among Children with ADHD and Sleeping Difficulties. Lönn M, Aili K, Svedberg P, Nygren J, Jarbin H, Larsson I. Occup Ther Int. 2023 Feb 14;2023:1945290. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1945290 Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster. External link.
Sleep interventions for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a systematic literature review. Larsson, I, Aili, K, Lönn, M, Svedberg, P, Nygren, J.M, Ivarsson, A, Johansson, P. Sleep medicine 2023 Feb;102:64-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.12.021 Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster. External link.
Parents’ Experiences of Direct and Indirect Implications of Sleep Quality on the Health of Children with ADHD: A Qualitative Study. Harris, U.; Svedberg, P.; Aili, K.; Nygren, J.M.; Larsson, I. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215099. Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster. External link.
SLEEP: intervention with weighted blankets for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sleep problems: study protocol for a randomized control trial. Larsson I., Aili K., Nygren J.M., Johansson P., Jarbin H., Svedberg P. BMJ Open 2022;12:e047509.
Parents’ Experiences of the Weighted Blankets’ Impact on Children with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Sleep Problems—A Qualitative Study. Larsson I., Aili K., Nygren J.M., Jarbin H., Svedberg P. Int. J. Environ. Public Health. 2021, 18, 12959. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,18, 12959. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412959 External link.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412959