Sleep Hygiene Intervention on Undergraduate Students' Sleep and Stress

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sleep Disturbance; Stress, Emotional
• Interventions: Behavioral: Non-behavioral Sleep Education; Behavioral: Sleep Hygiene Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05933746
• Lead Sponsor: Wayne State University

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-15
• Study Completion: 2022-07-15
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-27
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-06
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 108

Inclusion Criteria

• Undergraduate students at Wayne State University
• Self-reported desire to improve their sleep

Exclusion Criteria

• Graduate students / professional students

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Non-behavioral Sleep Education	Non-behavioral Sleep Education	active, matched placebo condition that controls for engagement and rationale
Sleep Hygiene Intervention	Sleep Hygiene Intervention	1-hour, on-line set of three modules pertaining to various sleep hygiene behaviors

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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)
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)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Wayne State University; 🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan, United States