Sleep is an essential component of good physical and mental health. Previous studies have reported that poor quality sleep is associated with an increased risk of hypertension, stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Hypertension is the most common and important risk factor for CVD, and even modest reductions in blood pressure result in significant reductions in stroke and myocardial infarction. In this randomised trial, the investigators aim to evaluate whether a simple, multi-component, online sleep intervention reduces blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
134
HRB Clinical Research Facility Galway
Galway, Ireland
Systolic Blood Pressure
To determine if the addition of a multi-component, online, sleep intervention to usual care (standard CV risk factor education), results in a greater reduction in mean 24-hr systolic blood pressure in patients with hypertension and poor sleep quality, compared to usual care alone, over an 8-week period.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Diastolic Outcome Measure
Is the addition of a multi-component online sleep intervention to usual care (standard CV risk factor education), associated with a greater reduction in mean 24-hr diastolic blood pressure in patients with hypertension and poor sleep quality, compared to usual care alone, over an 8-week period?
Time frame: 8 weeks
Sleep efficiency
Change in proportion of participants with sleep efficacy ≥ 85% at 8 weeks
Time frame: 8 weeks
Sleep onset latency
Change in proportion of participants with sleep onset latency ≤ 30 minutes at 8 weeks
Time frame: 8 weeks
PSQI
Change in proportion of participants with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score \<5 over 8 weeks
Time frame: 8 weeks
SCI
Change in proportion of participants with sleep condition indicator (SCI) score ≤5.9 at 8 weeks
Time frame: 8 weeks
ISI
Change in proportion of participants with Insomnia Severity index (ISI) score ≥15 at 8 weeks
Time frame: 8 weeks
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