Sleep Habits, Healthy
Conditions
Keywords
participants
Brief summary
This study evaluates the efficacy of appearance-based interventions in promoting healthy sleep. One group of participants will receive standard information about sleep (control group), while the other group will receive information about how sleep affects their physical appearance (intervention group).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAppearance-based intervention
OTHERPamphlets
Sponsors
Duke-NUS College
University of St Andrews
Yale-NUS College
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 18-24 years * \<7 hours of sleep routinely
Exclusion criteria
* per-existing medical, sleep, or psychiatric conditions; * history of substance abuse.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Objective sleep duration | Up to 1 month after the intervention | Measured through actigraphy |
| Self-reported sleep hygiene | Up to 1 month after the intervention | Measured through the Sleep Hygiene scale (total score: higher score corresponds to poorer sleep hygiene) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Subjective sleep quality | Up to 1 month | Measured through the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (global score: higher score corresponds to poorer sleep quality) |
| Insomnia-related cognition | Up to 1 month | Measured through the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep scale (total score: higher score corresponds to more dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes) |
Countries
Singapore
Outcome results
None listed