The RELAX TO SLEEP Study

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Children who are receiving palliative care only during their hospital admission.
• •2. Children diagnosed with a sleep disorder or a clinical anxiety disorder.
• •3. Children with limited or abnormal movements of both upper and lower extremities (e.g. paralysis, brain injury, cerebral palsy, use of drugs to induce paralysis, musculoskeletal impairments, use of restraints, under heavy sedation), thereby impairing sleep wake activity recording and the inability to use the relaxation breathing exercise.
• •4. Children who are too acutely ill to participate in the study.
• •5. Children who have major cognitive impairments that may impact their ability to understand and carry out the intervention.
• •6. Children who are heavily sedated or receiving benzodiazepines or chloral hydrate.