Table 2

Summary of measures

ConstructMeasuresSourceT1T2T3
Child outcomes
SleepSleep problem prevalence (primary outcome)Primary caregiver report of child sleep problem (none/mild vs moderate/severe)2P
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 only15P
Teacher Daytime Sleepiness Questionnaire—10-item validated scale of daytime sleepiness at school39T
Sleep Hygiene scale—7-item measure assessing sleep hygiene24P
ComorbidityAnxiety 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 purpose27P
ADHDADHD Rating Scale IV—18-item validated scale measuring the core symptoms of ADHD30P, T
BehaviourStrengths and Difficulties Questionnaire—25 items assessing the following subscales: hyperactivity/inattention, conduct problems, emotional symptoms, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behaviour40P, T
IrritabilityAffective reactivity index (ARI)—6-item validated measure assessing child irritability41P
School attendanceSchool attendance over the preceding 3 months2P
Quality of lifeChild 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 only42P, C
Pediatrics Quality of Life Inventory 4.0–23-item measure of child total, physical and psychosocial QoL43P
MemorySleep Suite App—An animated iPad application that includes a continuous performance test to measure sustained attention, and 2 tests of memory consolidation and learning44C
Working MemoryWorking Memory Test Battery for Children—The Backward digit span recall subtest is administered as a measure of child working memory45C
Academic functioningWide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT)—word reading and math computation subtests46C
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 standard26L
AutismSocial Responsiveness Scale (SRS) Brief—16-item measure of autism spectrum disorder symptoms47P
Parent outcomes
Mental healthKessler 6 (K6)—6-item validated measure of adult psychological stress48P
Work attendanceWork attendance over the previous 3 months2P
ParentingParenting—validated scales developed for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children assessing parenting consistency (6 items) and parental warmth (5 items)49P
Family costsService use and costs—families report service use over previous 3 months as well as time, travel and out-of-pocket costs associatedP
  • C, child-report; L, data linkage; P, parent-report; T, teacher-report; T1, baseline; T2, 3 months postintervention; T3, 6 months postintervention.