Recovery Sleepers: A Pilot Study of a Sleep Health Intervention for College Students in Recovery
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 12
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Satisfaction with treatment
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research study is to examine how to improve sleep in college students in recovery from substance use disorder(s). This study is a pilot test of an experimental program called Recovery Sleepers (RS) to explore its feasibility and how well it works to improve sleep, wellbeing, and cravings.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •More than 18 years of age
- •Enrolled (full- or part-time) at a college or university
- •Have struggled with substance addiction in the past
- •More than 3 months of self-reported continuous abstinence from alcohol and all illegal drugs
- •Have an Internet-enabled device with audio capabilities.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Younger than 18 years of age
- •Not enrolled at VCU
- •Have not struggled with substance addiction in the past
- •Have not had at least 3 months of self-reported continuous abstinence from alcohol and all
- •illegal drugs
- •In active treatment for a sleep disorder (seen a health provider specifically regarding sleep within the last 6 months)
- •Unable to communicate in English both orally and in writing
- •Do not have an Internet-enabled device with audio capabilities.
Arms & Interventions
Email recommendations
Intervention: Email recommendations (Behavioral)
Recovery Sleepers program.
Intervention: Recovery Sleepers program. (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Satisfaction with treatment
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Participants will rate their experiences in the study using a scale from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). Treatment and placebo groups will answer a different number of questions. Scores will be averaged to yield a single score between 1 and 5.
Study participant retention
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Percent of participants who complete all 6 weeks of the study
Study material completion
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Percent of participant who complete all of the study materials over the course of the study
Study group attendance
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Percent of participants who attend all study group meetings
Recruitment success
Time Frame: Baseline
Number of participants recruited into the study
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported