An Evaluation of Appearance-based Interventions for the Promotion of Sleep

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sleep Habits; Healthy
• Interventions: Other: Pamphlets; Behavioral: Appearance-based intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02491138
• Lead Sponsor: Yale-NUS College

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the efficacy of appearance-based interventions in promoting healthy sleep. One group of participants will receive standard information about sleep (control group), while the other group will receive information about how sleep affects their physical appearance (intervention group).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-07
• Study First Submitted: 2015-07-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-07-06
• Study First Posted: 2015-07-07
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Status Verified: 2017-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-24 years
• <7 hours of sleep routinely

Exclusion Criteria

• per-existing medical, sleep, or psychiatric conditions;
• history of substance abuse.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Standard information	Pamphlets	In this arm, participants will receive standard information pamphlets about the benefits of good sleeping habits.
Appearance-based information	Appearance-based intervention	In this arm, participants will receive information about how sleep modifies their physical appearance. This will involve a computer transformation that morphs their face according to hours of sleep obtained.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Objective sleep duration	Up to 1 month after the intervention	Measured through actigraphy
Self-reported sleep hygiene	Up to 1 month after the intervention	Measured through the Sleep Hygiene scale (total score: higher score corresponds to poorer sleep hygiene)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Subjective sleep quality	Up to 1 month	Measured through the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (global score: higher score corresponds to poorer sleep quality)
Insomnia-related cognition	Up to 1 month	Measured through the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep scale (total score: higher score corresponds to more dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yale-NUS College; 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore