Sleep Disturbance, Stress, Emotional
Conditions
Brief summary
Poor sleep is common among college students and likely contributes to stress. The investigators developed a brief, remotely-delivered intervention and tested whether it improves sleep hygiene and reduced sleep disturbance and stress among undergraduates.
Detailed description
Poor sleep is common among college students and likely contributes to stress. The investigators developed a brief, remotely-delivered sleep hygiene intervention, which is delivered via the internet, and tested in a randomized controlled trial, whether it improves sleep hygiene and reduced sleep disturbance and stress in a sample of undergraduates who report wanting to improve their sleep. This study compares the novel sleep hygiene intervention to an active, matched control condition--sleep education. Baseline and 2-week follow-up questionnaires assess sleep hygiene, sleep disturbance, and stress. ANCOVAs will compare conditions at follow-up, and mediation tests will explore whether the intervention reduced stress through improved sleep.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSleep Hygiene Intervention
This 1-hour on-line intervention presents three sleep hygiene modules, selected randomly from among these six: establishing a bedtime routine, optimizing sleep environment, implementing a sleep schedule, bedtime relaxation, nutrition choices, and exercise habits.
BEHAVIORALNon-behavioral Sleep Education
1-hour on-line set of three modules that cover non-skill (non-hygiene) educational topics (sleep research, sleep stages, dreams). This control condition equates for engagement rationale.
Sponsors
Wayne State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Condition assignment is done automatically, on-line, to two active experiences. Follow-up assessment is done automatically (on-line measure completion).
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Undergraduate students at Wayne State University * Self-reported desire to improve their sleep
Exclusion criteria
* Graduate students / professional students
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep disturbance short-form b | Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up | 8-item measure assesses sleep disturbances over last 7 days (range: 8 to 40; higher scores = more sleep disturbance) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived Stress Scale | Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up | 10-item measure of perceived stress over past 7 days (range 0 to 40; higher scores = more perceived stress) |
| Sleep Hygiene Inventory | Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up | 13-item measure of maladaptive sleep hygiene behaviors over last 7 days (range: 13-65; higher scores = worse hygiene) |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed