Sleep restriction in adolescents Nervous System Diseases Sleep disorder, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Participants in the study will be randomly assigned to either the experimental arm (?Motivating Teens to Sleep More? program), or the active control group (sleep education only). Participants in both
Sponsors
McGill University (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The participants in this trial can be male or female between the ages of 12-18 years old 2. The participants in this trial obtain 8 or less hours of sleep during a weeknight 2. The participants in this trial are open to changing their sleep habits within the next year
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The participants in this trial cannot not suffer from a medical, mental or sleep disorder.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Bedtime, self-reported and assessed with an actiwatch (a small ?sleep-watch? that records body movement during night) at baseline, mid-study, end of the study, three months and six months. 2. Sleep onset, assessed with an actiwatch at baseline and at the end of the study. 3. Sleep duration, assessed with an actiwatch at baseline, mid-study, end of the study, three months and six months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Sleep-related self-efficacy, assessed with the Sleep Specific Self-Efficacy questionnaire (Watts, East & Coyle, 1995; Schwarzer & Renner, 2009) at baseline, after each session, at three months and six months. 2. Attitudes toward sleep, assessed with a Decisional Balance questionnaire (developed by the authors for this study) at baseline, after the study, at three months and six months. | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed