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Impact of Sleep Duration on Immune Balance in Urban Children With Asthma
Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
Summary
Urban children with asthma are at high risk for short sleep, due to an environment that jeopardizes both sleep and asthma management. Further, urban children with asthma suffer from altered immune balance, a key biological process contributing to individual differences in asthma morbidity and sleep health. In the proposed research, the researchers will examine the effects of shortened and recovery sleep on immune balance and associated changes in lung function in urban children with allergic asthma through an experimental design.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
7 Years - 11 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
204
Start Date
2022-05-15
Completion Date
2026-07-31
Last Updated
2025-09-22
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Shortened Sleep
In this experimental condition, children go to bed 90 minutes later than their typical bedtime during Week 2 of the 4-week protocol.
Stabilized sleep
In this control condition, children go to bed at their usual time throughout the 4-week protocol.
Locations (1)
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, United States