Cancer, Insomnia Chronic
Conditions
Brief summary
Sleep disruption is common among young adult cancer survivors for a variety of reasons. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has been shown to improve chronic sleep disorders. This project will test the feasibility and acceptability of a new voice-activated virtual assistant (VAVA) device to deliver CBT-I to improve sleep among young adult cancer survivors with chronic sleep disorders.
Detailed description
Sleep is a complex biobehavioral event, impacted by interactions between the individual's physiology as well as their environment. Young adult cancer survivors (YACS; those between 18- 29 years of age) are a growing group of survivors, numbering close to 400,000 in the US. They are among those at highest risk for chronically insufficient sleep due to developmentally normative biological and social factors, compounded by their extensive medical treatment history. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is recommended by the American College of Physicians as gold standard treatment for insomnia disorder and has been successfully adapted for YACS. Fundamental CBT-I strategies can be implemented to change the problematic sleep behaviors that result in insufficient sleep among young adults. However, it is essential that these evidence-based strategies be deployed to be responsive to the specific barriers to sleep for YACS. This feasibility/acceptability study will test the use of an integrated VAVA that offers the opportunity to implement intervention strategies in a way that repeatedly gives YACS the chance to make the right decision with respect to their sleep health in real time.
Interventions
DEVICEVAVA prototype
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
Sponsors
Medstar Health Research Institute
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Through the VAVA (an Amazon Alexa provided as part of the study), participants will verbally provide information about their sleep habits and sleep quality and receive suggestions about how to improve their sleep. Via the VAVA, these interactions will happen through the prototype software More SHEEP (MediaRez LLC). The recommendations provided by the More SHEEP software will be tailored to the individual participant, based on the data provided verbally by each participant. The participant will be asked to engage with the VAVA prototype daily for a 2-week period.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 39 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* age between 18 and 29 years old * history of cancer (any type, any stage) * chronic sleep loss as evidence by self-report of receiving less sleep than recommended for their age by the National Sleep Foundation for \>/= 3 months * must have an internet router in their primary home that they have access to (can add a second router to for the system to work)
Exclusion criteria
* acute medical/psychiatric disorder requiring treatment * developmental or congenital disorder * life expectancy \<12 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility of device use | 14 days | Number of days that a participant interacted with the VAVA |
| Acceptability | 14 days | Score on satisfaction subscale of Usability, Satisfaction, Ease of use (USE) scale |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed