The effect of SMS-based education on sleep knowledge of mothers of primary school students : a single-blind randomized controlled trial
Joint Authors
Alizadeh, Mahasti
Aghajari, Parvaneh
Mousarrezaei, Zaynab
Asghari Jafarabadi, Muhammad
Valizadeh, Layla
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 3 (31 Mar. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-03-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : Sleep-deprivation in children decreases the quality of life and endangers health.
Increasing mother’s level of awareness can help improve the children’s sleep schedule and avoid many associated problems.
Objectives : This study aimed to investigate the effect of SMS-based education on the level of sleep knowledge in mothers with 7 - 12 years old children.
Methods : In this single-blind randomized controlled trial, 13 governmental primary schools in Tabriz (Iran) in 2016 (7 girls’ schools and 6 boys’ schools) were randomly selected among the primary schools, using cluster sampling approach.
Then, the mothers of sleep-deprived students were randomly divided into intervention and control groups by using RAS.
Both of the groups took a pretest on sleep knowledge by PSKI and then, mothers in the intervention group received education through sending SMS.
Finally, all of the participants took again the posttest in two time intervals including a week and three months after the intervention.
A number of 92 mothers (experiment = 47, control = 45) completed all of the three phases of the research and the data were analyzed using SPSS ver13.
Results : The results showed that the difference between the scores obtained in the first and the second measurements of sleep knowledge in the experimental group was significantly different from that of the control group [mean between-group difference of 5.98 within 95% CI of 3.56 to 8.41 (P < 0.001)].
The difference of sleep knowledge scores between the third and first measurements in the experimental group was also significantly different from that of the control group [mean between-group difference of 4.09 within 95% CI of 1.44 to 6.74 (P < 0.003)].
Conclusions : The use of SMS-based education is a constant and efficient educational approach for increasing mothers’ level of knowledge about children’s sleep health.
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American Psychological Association (APA)
Valizadeh, Layla& Alizadeh, Mahasti& Asghari Jafarabadi, Muhammad& Aghajari, Parvaneh& Mousarrezaei, Zaynab. 2017. The effect of SMS-based education on sleep knowledge of mothers of primary school students : a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 19, no. 3, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Valizadeh, Layla…[et al.]. The effect of SMS-based education on sleep knowledge of mothers of primary school students : a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 19, no. 3 (Mar. 2017), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Valizadeh, Layla& Alizadeh, Mahasti& Asghari Jafarabadi, Muhammad& Aghajari, Parvaneh& Mousarrezaei, Zaynab. The effect of SMS-based education on sleep knowledge of mothers of primary school students : a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2017. Vol. 19, no. 3, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-766612
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 7-8
Record ID
BIM-766612