An ACT Website for College Students With Insomnia

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Insomnia
• Interventions: Behavioral: ACT Guide for Insomnia

• Registration Number: NCT06094751
• Lead Sponsor: Utah State University

Brief Summary

College students experience higher rates of insomnia compared the general population, and accessibility and availability for the appropriate intervention is difficult due limited resources available to them in a college environment. Theorefore, it is vital to offer an intervention that can be just as effective yet more accessible than other available treatments targeting insomnia. That is why this study will investigate the efficacy and feasibility of an online ACT intervention for insomnia among college students. Specifically, Is an online ACT for college students effective in treating insomnia? And, is an online ACT for college students feasible and acceptable in treating insomnia? Participants will be randomized into one of two conditions: waitlist or online ACT guide. Participants will receive questionnaires at baseline, post-treatment (4 weeks), and 1-month follow up.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-16
• Study Start: 2023-10-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-23
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-24
• Primary Completion: 2024-12
• Study Completion: 2025-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1. 18 years or older
2. enrolled in a 2- or 4-year college (includes graduate students)
3. fluent in English
4. have access to the internet
5. meets diagnosis for at least acute insomnia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5
6. searching/wanting in treatment
7. currently residing in the US

Exclusion Criteria

1. diagnosed with another sleep disorder that is not insomnia
2. currently attending therapy for an emotional disorder (anxiety or depression) or insomnia
3. prescribed medications to treat insomnia or another sleep-inducing medication

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
ACT Guide for Insomnia	ACT Guide for Insomnia	Participants will complete 2 modules of an online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Guide designed to focus on insomnia among college students. Module 1 will be available to participants at the start of week 1 and throughout the course of the study. Module 2 will become available at the start of week 3 and participants will have access throughout the study

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)	8 weeks	The ISI is composed of 7-items that asses for severity of sleep onset, sleep maintenance, early morning waking issues, sleep satisfaction, sleep interference (e.g., daytime fatigue), noticeability of sleep impairment, and sleep worry. Each item is measured on a five-point likert scale ranging from 0 indicating no severity to 4 indicating very severe. The ISI has been shown to be a valid, clinical questionnaire designed to gauge insomnia severity (Bastien, Vallières, \& Morin, 2001), is sensitive to treatment response (Morin, Belleville, Bélanger, \& Ivers, 2011), and has been agreed upon as essential for insomnia treatment efficacy studies (Buysse, Ancoli-Israel, Edinger, Lichstein, \& Morin, 2006). Additionally, the ISI has been used a previous randomized control trails (RCT) among college student to determine treatment efficacy (Taylor et al., 2014).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Utah State University; 🇺🇸 Logan, Utah, United States