None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to assess the effects and feasibility of the intervention for bedtime device use in new career starters. Using a three-arm randomised design, we will investigate the effects of intentions and habit-based approaches to reduce bedtime device use. The primary outcomes will be sleep duration, sleep quality, and bedtime device use. The secondary outcomes will be bedtime procrastination and excessive device use. We will further measure habit strength and motivation as mechanisms of change. Feasibility items to be assessed include daily survey completion rate, intervention attrition rate, as well as the effect of the intervention on outcome variables. The intervention will take place online, over a two-week period with a information video and coaching session on Zoom, as our needs assessment indicated this was the most commonly requested duration, format, and delivery method for an intervention program. It is hypothesised that: 1. Substitute and Prevent conditions will have a decrease in bedtime device use in week 2 compared to Control. 2. Substitute and Prevent conditions will have improved sleep outcomes in week 2 compared to week 1. 3. Substitute and Prevent conditions will have decreased bedtime procrastination scores, excessive device use and improved sleep quality at follow-up compared with baseline.
Interventions
The aims of this project are to assess the effects and feasibility of an online intervention for bedtime device use in new career starters through a pilot trial. Participants will be randomised into three arms that will receive different Behaviour Change Techniques (BCTs), inclusive of one control group, over a three-week period. The intervention arms are described below.
Arm 2 - Substitute
Week 1:
- Participants will self-monitor the outcomes of their behaviour and emotional consequences us
The aims of this project are to assess the effects and feasibility of an online intervention for bedtime device use in new career starters through a pilot trial. Participants will be randomised into three arms that will receive different Behaviour Change Techniques (BCTs), inclusive of one control group, over a three-week period. The intervention arms are described below. Arm 2 - Substitute Week 1: - Participants will self-monitor the outcomes of their behaviour and emotional consequences using a sleep diary, to enable researchers to guide participants to form a personalised intervention plan. End of Week 1: - Participants will watch a 10-15 minute informational video about the behaviour change techniques. Participants will then attend a personalised coaching session to set a goal for their desired behaviour in week 2. - The coaching session will run for 15 minutes, and will be virtually delivered by the lead investigator, a PhD student. Questions will be prompted using PowerPoint slides. - During the informational video, the Substitute condition will be prompted to think of a substitute behaviour for the bedtime period, defined as the 90 minutes prior to intended bedtime. - During the informational video, participants will be given examples of evening substitute behaviours, such as reading a book, listening to a sleep story, or listening to a meditation. - Following the video and during the coaching session, participants will problem solve by analysing the contributing factors towards their behaviour, and suggest a way they could change. Participants will devise a substitute behaviour where they are prompted to think of a wanted or neutral behaviour to replace bedtime device use. Week 2: - Participants will self-monitor their substitute behaviour for one week, filling out a daily sleep diary. Week 3: - Participants will continue to self-monitor their substitute behaviour for one week on their own (i.e., sleep diary is not mandatory). Arm 3 - Prevent Arm 3 only differs from Arm 2 in terms of the time the substitute behaviour will be performed. The ‘prevent’ arm will perform the substitute behaviour at a time prior to the bedtime period (earlier than 90 minutes before intended bedtime). Week 1: - Participants will self-monitor the outcomes of their behaviour and emotional consequences using a sleep diary, to enable researchers to guide participants to form a personalised intervention plan. End of Week 1: - Participants will watch a 10-15 minute informational video about the behaviour change techniques. Participants will then attend a personalised coaching session to set a goal for their desired behaviour in week 2. - The coaching session will run for 15 minutes, and will be virtually delivered by the lead investigator, a PhD student. Questions will be prompted using PowerPoint slides. - In the informational video, the Prevent condition will be prompted to think of a substitute behaviour for a specific daytime context (e.g., in their lunch break, on their commute home from work, immediately after dinner), with the aim of preventing the behaviour in the evening. - In the informational video, participants will be given examples of daytime substitute behaviours, such as watching a YouTube video during their lunch break, listening to a podcast on their commute home from work, or playing video games immediately after dinner. - Following the video and during the coaching session, participants will problem solve by analysing the contributing factors towards their behaviour, and suggest a way they could change. Participants will devise a substitute behaviour where they are prompted to think of a wanted or neutral behaviour to replace bedtime device use. Week 2: - Participants will self-monitor their substitute behaviour for one week, filling out a daily sleep diary. Week 3: - Participants will continue to self-monitor their substitute behaviour for one week on their own (i.e., sleep diary is not mandatory).
Sponsors
Central Queensland University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be screened to ensure they have (1) finished full-time tertiary study and started full-time employment in the past 12 months, (2) are over 18 years of age, and (3) engage in bedtime procrastination (“Do you often procrastinate going to sleep?”).
Exclusion criteria
People who have been previously treated for a sleep disorder will be excluded, to minimise potential confounding factors.
Outcome results
None listed