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Pilot Sleep Extension and Mood

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms
Sleep Problems
Registration Number
NCT06675799
Lead Sponsor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Brief Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to learn if a digital sleep extension intervention can improve sleep and mood in young urban adults with mood symptoms. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Will this intervention improve sleep? Will this intervention improve mood? Does the effect of this intervention change based on environmental factors like noise and light pollution?

Researchers will compare participants receiving the sleep intervention to participants receiving a "general healthy living" intervention to see if outcome are different across groups.

Participants will:

* receive 6 weeks of brief once weekly telephone coaching and read once weekly educational content

* have their sleep monitored daily with a FitBit and Somnofy sleep device and during the 6-week intervention period

* respond to questionnaires at the start of the intervention, halfway through the intervention, at the end of the intervention, and finally 4 weeks after completing the intervention

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
25
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18 to 30
  • Have internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, stress)
  • Have sleep concerns
  • Sleep less than 7 hours per night
  • Have perceived neighborhood disorder
  • Smart phone that can run Somnofy app
  • Access to Wifi in their home
Exclusion Criteria
  • High risk for obstructive sleep apnea
  • Significant medical morbidities or psychiatric problem, or chronic substance use
  • Non-English speaking (unable to participate in therapy or questionnaire)
  • Taking medications for sleep
  • An insomnia disorder
  • Traveling for 2 weeks or more during the 10-week study period (due to loss of data from participants not sleeping in their home where the Somnofy device has been set up)
  • Employed with rotating shift or night work

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Internalizing symptomsFrom enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

Anxiety, depression, and stress as measured with the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 item (DASS-21), where higher scores mean more distress.

FeasibilityFrom enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

Measured by the number of participants approached, recruited and retained

TolerabilityFrom enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

Measured by sessions completed

AcceptabilityAt end of 6-week intervention

Acceptability of Intervention Measure

Sleep durationFrom enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

Measured by Fitbit

Sleep efficiencyFrom enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

Measured by Fitbit

Waking after sleep onset (WASO)From enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

Measured by Fitbit

Subjective sleep qualityFrom enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

Measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), where higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Bedtime ProcrastinationFrom enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

Bedtime Procrastination Scale where higher scores equal more procrastination.

Electronics use before bedPre-treatment and at 6-week post-treatment assessment

2 items taken from National Sleep Foundation 2011 Sleep in America survey

Daytime fatigueFrom enrollment to the end of post-treatment follow-up period (10 weeks after start of intervention)

PROMS-Fatigue 8 item

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Illinois Chicago

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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