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 type | Interventional |
|---|---|
| Ages | 12 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 160 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | University Ghent Academic / other |
| Locations | 1 site (Ghent) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | June 30, 2025 |
| Main results expected | June 30, 2026 |
| Study ends | June 30, 2026 |
| Registry record updated | June 22, 2025 |
| Trial ID | NCT07030556 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
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Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium Recruiting
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: Benedicte Deforche, Prof. PhD — University Ghent
- Study coordinator: Ann Vandendriessche, PhD
- Email: ann.vandendriessche@ugent.be
- Phone: +3293328393
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.