Better sleep, better health: designing a school-based intervention in Uganda

Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a sleep health intervention to improve insomnia among Ugandan secondary school students: A pilot one-arm intervention trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN55077169

Enrollment

350

Registered

2025-05-06

Start date

2024-07-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-09-08

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Conditions

Screening and treatment for insomnia among secondary school students in Uganda Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I): Students in two secondary schools in Wakiso District, Uganda, were screened for sleep and mental health conditions, using the Insomnia Severity Index

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Schools were eligible to participate if they were mixed-sex schools and had participated in a school-based cluster-randomised trial of a menstrual health intervention with approximately 40 Secondary 3 female students (from trial endline data), with day and boarding students.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Insomnia, measured by the insomnia severity index (ISI) at baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Depression symptoms, measured by the PHQ-9 from the MMAP tool at baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months 2. Anxiety symptoms, measured by the GAD-7 from the MMAP tool at baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months	—

Countries

Uganda

Contacts

Public ContactHelen Weiss

helen.weiss@lshtm.ac.uk+44 7905070739

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026