Decreased sleep quality in nursing students
Conditions
Interventions
Name: Self-monitoring using a digital sleep diary Description: During a 2-week intervention period, participants use a smartphone (Google Forms) every morning to record their previous night'
s sleep. The entered data is automatically aggregated and visualized, and participants receive daily feedback, including brief behavioral suggestions to promote sleep improvement.
Name: Usual student
Sponsors
University of Nagasaki
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 2nd-year nursing students enrolled in a 3-year nursing vocational school, aged 18 years or older. Those who own and can use a smartphone daily. Those who provided informed consent to participate in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those who regularly take sleep medications, anti-anxiety medications, or have psychiatric disorders significantly affecting sleep. Those with extremely irregular menstrual cycles (e.g., dysmenorrhea) or receiving hormone therapy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in scores of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-Japanese Version (PSQI-J) and the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) at the end of the intervention (2 weeks) and at follow-up (4 weeks). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactToru Nishihara
University of Nagasaki, Graduate School Graduate School of Regional Design and Creation, Human Health Science major
Outcome results
None listed