Recovery Sleepers: A Pilot Study of a Sleep Health Intervention for College Students in Recovery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Addiction; Sleep
• Interventions: Behavioral: Recovery Sleepers program.; Behavioral: Email recommendations

• Registration Number: NCT05114577
• Lead Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-10-24
• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-29
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-10
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-03
• Study Completion: 2022-10-03
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-12
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Recovery Sleepers program.	Recovery Sleepers program.	-
Email recommendations	Email recommendations	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction with treatment	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	6 weeks	Percent of participants who complete all 6 weeks of the study
Study material completion	6 weeks	Percent of participant who complete all of the study materials over the course of the study
Study group attendance	6 weeks	Percent of participants who attend all study group meetings
Recruitment success	Baseline	Number of participants recruited into the study

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University; 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States