Seeking children 5 - 10 years to participate in sleep research

The Ritchie Centre (TRC) is looking  for  children  between  the ages of  5  and  10  years to participate as a control group in research sleep studies.

The TRC is carrying out studies on the effect of breathing difficulties at night on learning and behaviour. We are looking for non-snoring 5-10 year old volunteers to serve as a comparison group to the children with sleep disordered breathing.

Children who participate will be asked to wear a watch-like device for one week to assess their usual sleep patterns. They will also participate in a learning and memory assessment and have an overnight sleep study ALL CONDUCTED IN YOUR OWN HOME. There will be no need to come into the laboratory. We will come to you.

What do you get  out of it? We will provide you with a full report of your child’s behaviour, learning and memory assessments so that you can see how they are developing in relation to their peers. We will also provide you with the report of the sleep study if you are interested.

The results from this study will determine if learning potential is intact in children with sleep disordered breathing and will provide new information regarding potential new non-surgical treatment strategies.

For further information please contact: Dr Sarah Biggs, The Ritchie Centre Phone: 9594 4759 Email: sarah.biggs@monash.edu
Or visit our information page at www.monashchildrenshospital.org