Summary of measures
Construct | Measures | Source | T1 | T2 | T3 |
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Child outcomes | |||||
Sleep | Sleep problem prevalence (primary outcome)—Primary caregiver report of child sleep problem (none/mild vs moderate/severe)2 | P | ● | ● | ● |
Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ)—33-item validated measure of disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep.31 Child Sleep Self-Report collected at 6 months only15 | P | ● | ● | ● | |
Teacher Daytime Sleepiness Questionnaire—10-item validated scale of daytime sleepiness at school39 | T | ● | ● | ● | |
Sleep Hygiene scale—7-item measure assessing sleep hygiene24 | P | ● | ● | ||
Comorbidity | Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV (ADIS-C)—diagnostic interview assessing mental health disorders according to DSM-IV criteria. This is completed with parents over the telephone and has been validated for this purpose27 | P | ● | ||
ADHD | ADHD Rating Scale IV—18-item validated scale measuring the core symptoms of ADHD30 | P, T | ● | ● | ● |
Behaviour | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire—25 items assessing the following subscales: hyperactivity/inattention, conduct problems, emotional symptoms, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behaviour40 | P, T | ● | ● | ● |
Irritability | Affective reactivity index (ARI)—6-item validated measure assessing child irritability41 | P | ● | ● | ● |
School attendance | School attendance over the preceding 3 months2 | P | ● | ● | ● |
Quality of life | Child Health Utility-9D (CHU-9D)—9-item measure of child quality of life used to calculate quality-adjusted life years. Child report is collected at the 6-month follow-up only42 | P, C | ● | ● | |
Pediatrics Quality of Life Inventory 4.0–23-item measure of child total, physical and psychosocial QoL43 | P | ● | ● | ||
Memory | Sleep Suite App—An animated iPad application that includes a continuous performance test to measure sustained attention, and 2 tests of memory consolidation and learning44 | C | ● | ||
Working Memory | Working Memory Test Battery for Children—The Backward digit span recall subtest is administered as a measure of child working memory45 | C | ● | ||
Academic functioning | Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT)—word reading and math computation subtests46 | C | ● | ||
NAPLAN—standardised academic tests of reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy. Results can be compared with National or State population results and against the national minimum standard26 | L | ● | |||
Autism | Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) Brief—16-item measure of autism spectrum disorder symptoms47 | P | ● | ||
Parent outcomes | |||||
Mental health | Kessler 6 (K6)—6-item validated measure of adult psychological stress48 | P | ● | ● | ● |
Work attendance | Work attendance over the previous 3 months2 | P | ● | ● | ● |
Parenting | Parenting—validated scales developed for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children assessing parenting consistency (6 items) and parental warmth (5 items)49 | P | ● | ● | |
Family costs | Service use and costs—families report service use over previous 3 months as well as time, travel and out-of-pocket costs associated | P | ● | ● |
C, child-report; L, data linkage; P, parent-report; T, teacher-report; T1, baseline; T2, 3 months postintervention; T3, 6 months postintervention.