Investigating the effects and practicalities of delivering sleep strategy workshops in secondary schools

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Subthreshold insomnia in adolescents; Nervous System Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13878343
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Sussex

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024
• Study Completion: 2025-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1. School year group 8-10
2. Aged 12-15 years old
3. Parent and child informed consent obtained online
4. Willing and able to engage in psychological intervention and assessment. Parents will consent if they see it as appropriate for their child to engage with this intervention. Additionally, schools will be allowed to raise concerns if taking part in the intervention seems inappropriate for any of the young people.
5. Scoring 8 or above on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) or 5 and above on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at the screening. These scores are the recognised cut off’s for subthreshold insomnia” on the ISI (Morin et al., 2011) and for poor sleepers” on the PSQI (Buysse et al., 1989)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to fluently communicate in English.
2. Unable to give informed consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility outcome:Feasibility and acceptability of the intervention are measured by recording the numbers of eligible participants following screening in proportion to those willing to take part but are ineligible, recruitment rate of both schools and participants, retention rate, assessment and outcome measure completion rate, data completeness, attendance of intervention, incidence of unexpected adverse events throughout the trial, feedback questionnaires post-intervention and interviews post-intervention.