Testing an early online intervention for the treatment of disturbed sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic (Sleep COVID-19)

orthumbria University0 个研究点目标入组 344 人开始时间: 2020年4月8日最近更新: 2024年5月27日

适应症

试验速览

2020 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32771068/ protocol (added 13/08/2020) 2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34895327/ (added 14/12/2021) 2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38430544/ (added 13/05/2024)

•All participants must:
•1. Be aged 18 years and above
•2. Have a sufficient level of English comprehension to understand and complete questionnaires
•Poor sleepers:
•1. Must have difficulties in falling asleep, staying asleep, or awakening too early at least three nights per week, for a time period of between two weeks and three months
•2. Must have distress or impairment caused by sleep loss
•3. Both 1. and 2. must occur despite the individual having an adequate opportunity for sleep
•Good sleepers:
•1. No current sleep problems

•Current exclusion criteria as of 28/07/2020:
•1. Individuals who report having chronic sleep problems (i.e. where they have existed for more than 3 months immediately prior to providing consent)
•2. Those who are actively seeking treatment for their sleep problems, irrespective of how long they have had the sleep problem
•3. Participants who have a self-reported history of head injury, or who have had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, epilepsy or personality disorder cannot take part as the distraction techniques involved in the intervention may increase rumination and this may influence the effectiveness of the intervention
•Previous exclusion criteria:
•Poor sleepers:
•1. Long-term (i.e. chronic) sleep problems (> 3 months)

发起方

orthumbria University