Effect of a Sleep Hygiene-based Intervention on Sleep Quality and Mental Health in Medical Students

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Sleep Quality; Mental Health; Students, Medical

• Registration Number: NCT07043530
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate whether an online sleep hygiene programm is as effective as a face-to-face programm in improving sleep quality and mental health in medical students.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-06
• Study First Submitted: 2025-06-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-06-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-20
• Study First Posted: 2025-06-29
• Last Update Posted: 2025-06-29
• Study Start: 2025-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2026-01
• Study Completion: 2027-07-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

• Being a medical student enrolled in the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan.
• Having poor sleep quality according to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
• Having at least one electronic device with Internet access.
• Having time availability.
• Having signed the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Being in their year of Internship or Social Service.
• Being pregnant.
• Having children of any age.
• Being under psychological therapy.
• Regulary consuming sleep, depression or anxiety medication.
• Working the night shift.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep quality	6 months	This outcome will be measured by means of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, which is a self-administered 19-item questionnaire regarding perceived sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep alterations, sleep medication use and daytime sleepiness. A score under 6 points suggests good sleep quality, while a score greater or equal to 6 point suggests poor sleep quality.
Mental health	6 months	This outcome will be measured by means of the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMHS) and Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R). The PMHS is a self-administered 83-item questionnaire regarding cognitive and emotional well-being, environmental mastery, social abilities, social sensitivity and empathy, physical well-being, self-reflection, psychological discomfort. The minimum score is 83 and the maximum score is 415; a higher score mean higher positive mental health.; The SCL-90-R is a self-administered 90-item questionnaire regarding somatization, obssesive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation and psychoticism. Each dimension is independently scored, with a higher grade meaning the pressence of psychological disorders in the evaluated dimension.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán; 🇲🇽 Mérida, Mexico