Sleep Hygiene Intervention on Undergraduate Students' Sleep and Stress

Sleep Disturbance Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Impact of a Remote, Brief, Sleep Hygiene Intervention on Undergraduate Students' Sleep and Stress: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05933746
• Other study ID #: IRB-21-10-4095
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: July 15, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Wayne State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Poor sleep is common among college students and likely contributes to stress. The investigators developed a brief, remotely-delivered intervention and tested whether it improves sleep hygiene and reduced sleep disturbance and stress among undergraduates.

Description:

Poor sleep is common among college students and likely contributes to stress. The investigators developed a brief, remotely-delivered sleep hygiene intervention, which is delivered via the internet, and tested in a randomized controlled trial, whether it improves sleep hygiene and reduced sleep disturbance and stress in a sample of undergraduates who report wanting to improve their sleep. This study compares the novel sleep hygiene intervention to an active, matched control condition--sleep education. Baseline and 2-week follow-up questionnaires assess sleep hygiene, sleep disturbance, and stress. ANCOVAs will compare conditions at follow-up, and mediation tests will explore whether the intervention reduced stress through improved sleep.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 108
• Est. completion date: July 15, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: July 15, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Undergraduate students at Wayne State University

• Self-reported desire to improve their sleep

Exclusion Criteria:

• Graduate students / professional students

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dyssomnias
• Parasomnias
• Sleep Disturbance
• Stress, Emotional

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Sleep Hygiene Intervention
This 1-hour on-line intervention presents three sleep hygiene modules, selected randomly from among these six: establishing a bedtime routine, optimizing sleep environment, implementing a sleep schedule, bedtime relaxation, nutrition choices, and exercise habits.
• Non-behavioral Sleep Education
1-hour on-line set of three modules that cover non-skill (non-hygiene) educational topics (sleep research, sleep stages, dreams). This control condition equates for engagement rationale.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Wayne State University	Detroit	Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Wayne State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Sleep disturbance short-form b	8-item measure assesses sleep disturbances over last 7 days (range: 8 to 40; higher scores = more sleep disturbance)	Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up
Secondary	Perceived Stress Scale	10-item measure of perceived stress over past 7 days (range 0 to 40; higher scores = more perceived stress)	Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up
Secondary	Sleep Hygiene Inventory	13-item measure of maladaptive sleep hygiene behaviors over last 7 days (range: 13-65; higher scores = worse hygiene)	Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up