High School Start Time and Teen Migraine Frequency

NCT ID: NCT03766412

Last Updated: 2024-05-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

256 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-01

Study Completion Date

2018-10-15

Brief Summary

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Migraine is common in adolescents and can cause missed school and disability.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 AM in order to accommodate the physiologic needs of adolescents-whose brains naturally want to fall asleep later and wake up later and who still need to get at least 8 hours of sleep per night to function optimally-however, only about 18% of US high schools comply with this AAP recommendation. There is a relationship between adequate sleep and migraine. The investigators aim to determine whether high school students with migraine who attend high schools that comply with this AAP recommendation have lower migraine frequency than those that do not.

If so, it would argue for advocating for changes in high school policy to optimize health of adolescents with migraine.

Detailed Description

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Study design: This is an observational study of high-school students in the U.S. who have migraine and who attend a standard high school (i.e. are not home schooled or online schooled). They will complete a one-time online survey answering questions about their headaches and their schedule--particularly schedule aspects related to school and sleep.

Conditions

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Migraine

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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School start time 8:30 AM or later

These are high schoolers with migraine who attend a school that begins at 8:30 AM or later (i.e. follows AAP recommendation re: high school start time).

High School start time

Intervention Type OTHER

The time that the school starts

School start time earlier than 8:30

These are high schoolers with migraine who attend a school that begins earlier than 8:30 AM (i.e. does not follow AAP recommendation re: high school start time).

High School start time

Intervention Type OTHER

The time that the school starts

Interventions

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High School start time

The time that the school starts

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Live in the U.S.
2. In 9th-12th grade
3. Attends a high school that is outside of the home (i.e. not home-schooled or online schooled)
4. High school has a consistent start time all 5 days of the week
5. Has migraine by International Classification of Headache Disorders criteria
6. Can read and write in English
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Amy A Gelfand, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, San Francisco

Locations

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University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF)

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Gelfand AA, Pavitt S, Greene K, Szperka CL, Irwin S, Grimes B, Allen IE. High School Start Time and Migraine Frequency in High School Students. Headache. 2019 Jul;59(7):1024-1031. doi: 10.1111/head.13535. Epub 2019 Apr 24.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31016722 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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High School Start Time Study

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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