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The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention Based on Self-help for Sleep Hygiene Promotion on Patients With Insomnia

The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention Based on Self-help for Sleep Hygiene Promotion on Employees of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03605732
Enrollment
312
Registered
2018-07-30
Start date
2018-06-01
Completion date
2019-06-08
Last updated
2019-09-04

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Conditions

Behavioral Intervention, Insomnia

Brief summary

This plan will be implemented on the staff of the Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. The Insomnia Severity Index questionnaire will be used to screen for insomnia and low sleep health. This questionnaire is provided online to the staff through communication channels such as telegrams to help people who are interested in participating in this research. Individuals who scored more than 8 were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups and completed the Insomnia Index Index. The intervention group will then receive an app-based educational intervention designed to improve sleep hygiene. Control group: Participants in the control group perform routine activities. The intervention and control group will fill out the relevant questionnaire one and three and six months after the completion of the training to assess the impact of the intervention online.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALself help sleep hygiene intervention application

This intervention lasts for six weeks. The intervention is App-based and mainly consists of the most potent CBT techniques as well Health action process approach. Weekly feedback is provided by health psychologists.

OTHERpatients education

Participants in the PE group will receive written weekly information on accurate and relevant information regarding insomnia symptoms, physiological controls of sleep, sleep hygiene practices, healthy sleep behaviors

Sponsors

Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Clinical level of Insomnia (more than 10 on ISI) * Meets criteria for Insomnia according to DSM-IV-TR * Enough language skills * Have access to an Android smartphone or a desktop computer with Internet access * Participants will be required to sign an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

* Uncontrolled medical condition suspected to interfere with sleep or requiring immediate treatment outside of the study * Alcohol/drugs abuse * Participation in other trials concurrently * pregnancy * having children under 2 years old * Not having an internet-connected computer, cellular phone or tablet * Working night shifts * Somatic or psychiatric conditions requiring acute care

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Sleep Qualitychanges in PSQI baseline , 1 month, 3 months and 6 months follow-upThe Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index includes seven components of subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, the use of sleep medications and day time dysfunctions provide a total score of these seven components that allows us to better understand the quality and quantity of one's sleep. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index is a self-reporting instrument consisting of nine questions designed to measure the quality of sleep disorders in a period of one month. The scale scores range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating poor quality of sleep and scores less than 5 considered as high quality of sleep
sleep hygiene behaviorchanges in sleep hygiene behavior baseline , 1 month, 3 months and 6 months follow-upSleep hygiene behaviour will use three items to measure how many days the participants had good sleep hygiene. behaviour.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Anxiety and Depressionchanges in Anxiety and Depression baseline , 1 month, 3 months and 6 months follow-upZigmond and Snaith developed the 14-item HADS to measure the anxiety (7 items) and depression (7 items) of patients with both somatic and mental problems. The response descriptors of all items are Yes, definitely (score 3); Yes, sometimes (score 2); No, not much (score 1); No, not at all (score 0); except for items 7 and 10, which are scored reversely. A higher score represents higher levels of anxiety and depression: a domain score of 11 or greater indicates anxiety or depression; 8-10 indicates borderline case; 7 or lower indicates no signs of anxiety or depression. The two-factor framework of the HADS has been supported in cancer patients.
Psychological predictors of sleep hygiene behavior (intention, planning, outcome expectancies,Habit,Self-monitoring,Self-efficacy)changes from baseline , changes from baseline , 1 month and 6 Months follow-uppsychological predictors of sleep hygiene behavior will be assessed using a using a self-reported measure. All items are rated on a Likert-type scale, ranging from 1 to 5.

Countries

Iran

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026