Clinical trial Recruiting at 1 site Interventional Ages 12 and up

Scaling a healthy sleep program for vocational secondary school students

Official title: Cascading an Intervention to Promote Healthy Sleep Among Adolescents Following Vocational Education Via a Participatory Approach

Run by University Ghent · NCT07030556 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This project will try delivering a healthy sleep program and teacher training to 12–14-year-old vocational students and their teachers to improve sleep quality.

Quick facts

Study typeInterventional
Ages12 Years and up
SexAll
Enrollment160 (estimated)
SponsorUniversity Ghent
Academic / other
Locations1 site (Ghent)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJune 30, 2025
Main results expectedJune 30, 2026
Study endsJune 30, 2026
Registry record updatedJune 22, 2025
Trial IDNCT07030556 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal participants are first- and second-year (ages 12–14) students in vocational secondary education and the teachers who help implement the intervention.

Probably not a fit

Students who took part in the co-creation phase are excluded from certain evaluation activities and may not be included, and adolescents with clinical sleep disorders needing medical treatment or students outside vocational tracks are unlikely to benefit from this school-based program.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

Researchers previously co-created a healthy sleep intervention with adolescents and piloted it. In this project they will implement that intervention in first- and second-year vocational secondary classes (ages 12–14) and provide training for teachers to deliver the program. The main aim is a process evaluation using participatory methods, including teacher training sessions and group interviews with students who did not participate in co-creation, to document how the program is adopted and adapted in schools. Results will be used to produce a ready-made implementation package for Flemish secondary schools.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, the program could improve sleep quality among vocational students and help reduce education-related health disparities.

How similar studies have gone: Healthy sleep programs have shown benefits in adolescents generally, but targeted implementation studies focused on vocational-education populations are novel and limited.

Who can join: the full rules

Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

* student in 1st or 2nd year of secondary vocational education
* teacher who helped implement the intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

* No students who participated in the co-creation process may participate in the group interview about receiving the intervention.

Where it's running

  • Ghent University
    Ghent, Belgium
    Recruiting

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How to take part

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Last reviewed 2026-11-14 by the Find a Trial editorial team. Information on this page is for educational purposes and is not medical advice. Always consult qualified healthcare professionals about clinical trial participation.