A Comparison of Two Behavioral Sleep Interventions Among College Students (ProjectTECH)

A Comparison Trial of Two Behavioral Sleep Interventions to Improve Sleep-related Outcomes and Reduce Technology Usage Among College Students

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05093465

Enrollment

Registered

2021-10-26

Start date

2018-09-25

Completion date

2019-07-31

Last updated

2021-10-26

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Conditions

Sleep Disturbance, Sleep Hygiene

Brief summary

The study was a randomized controlled trial designed to examine whether augmenting traditional sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedures with technology use reduction stimulus control procedures would produce better sleep and technology usage outcomes.

Detailed description

Sixty college students were randomized to a 4-week sleep hygiene and stimulus control intervention (ACI) or an enhanced intervention including technology stimulus control instructions (TI).

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTechnology Intervention

Participants were provided with sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedure plus procedures to reduce technology usage in bed (i.e., technology usage stimulus control). In addition to the sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedures, participants were also given a set of procedures aimed at changing technology usage behavior at bedtime and throughout the day.

OTHERActive Control

Participants were provided with sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedures.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Participants must be at least 18 years old, enrolled at Oakland University, and reside in an on-campus dormitory to participate.

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sleep Quality	From baseline to posttest, approximately 5 weeks	Scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Technology Usage	From baseline to posttest, approximately 5 weeks	Self-reported usage of various forms of technology in minutes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sleep Hygiene	From baseline to posttest, approximately 5 weeks	Scores on the Sleep Hygiene Practice Scale
Sleep Control	From baseline to posttest, approximately 5 weeks	Scores on the Motivation Survey

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026