The goal of this study is to test the efficacy of a behavioral sleep extension intervention on sleep duration, cardio-metabolic disease risk factors, and health behaviors among adults with elevated blood pressure/hypertension and short sleep duration.
Half of U.S. adults have at least one cardio-metabolic disease (CMD), including hypertension (HTN), heart disease, stroke, or diabetes. Even with advances in screening, education, and medication management, controlling these chronic diseases remains challenging. Despite the well-established negative effects of short sleep duration, surprisingly few studies have tested the benefits of sleep extension and even fewer studies evaluate the science of sleep extension interventions. Therefore, the goal of this study is to test the efficacy of a behavioral sleep extension intervention on sleep duration, CMD risk factors, and health behaviors among adults with elevated BP/HTN and short sleep duration.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
120
Participants will receive a fitbit and 8 weekly sleep-related educational materials via email and telephone coaching to review their sleep tracker data, set goals, trouble shoot any problems, and increase motivation.
Participants will receive 8 weekly health education newsletters delivered via email.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Sleep duration
Sleep duration will be measured using wrist actigraphy for 7 days
Time frame: 8 weeks
24 hour ambulatory blood pressure
Ambulatory blood pressure glycemic control, lipids).
Time frame: 8 weeks
24 hour ambulatory blood pressure
Ambulatory blood pressure glycemic control, lipids).
Time frame: 12 months
Sleep duration
Sleep duration will be measured using wrist actigraphy for 7 days
Time frame: 12 months
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