Sleep Hygiene Intervention on Undergraduate Students' Sleep and Stress

Wayne State University108 enrolled

Overview

Poor sleep is common among college students and likely contributes to stress. The investigators developed a brief, remotely-delivered intervention and tested whether it improves sleep hygiene and reduced sleep disturbance and stress among undergraduates.

Poor sleep is common among college students and likely contributes to stress. The investigators developed a brief, remotely-delivered sleep hygiene intervention, which is delivered via the internet, and tested in a randomized controlled trial, whether it improves sleep hygiene and reduced sleep disturbance and stress in a sample of undergraduates who report wanting to improve their sleep. This study compares the novel sleep hygiene intervention to an active, matched control condition--sleep education. Baseline and 2-week follow-up questionnaires assess sleep hygiene, sleep disturbance, and stress. ANCOVAs will compare conditions at follow-up, and mediation tests will explore whether the intervention reduced stress through improved sleep.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

108

Conditions

Stress, Emotional Sleep Disturbance

Interventions

Sleep Hygiene InterventionBEHAVIORAL

This 1-hour on-line intervention presents three sleep hygiene modules, selected randomly from among these six: establishing a bedtime routine, optimizing sleep environment, implementing a sleep schedule, bedtime relaxation, nutrition choices, and exercise habits.

Non-behavioral Sleep EducationBEHAVIORAL

1-hour on-line set of three modules that cover non-skill (non-hygiene) educational topics (sleep research, sleep stages, dreams). This control condition equates for engagement rationale.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 24 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Undergraduate students at Wayne State University * Self-reported desire to improve their sleep Exclusion Criteria: * Graduate students / professional students

Locations (1)

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sleep disturbance short-form b

8-item measure assesses sleep disturbances over last 7 days (range: 8 to 40; higher scores = more sleep disturbance)

Time frame: Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up

Secondary Outcomes

Perceived Stress Scale

10-item measure of perceived stress over past 7 days (range 0 to 40; higher scores = more perceived stress)

Time frame: Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up

Sleep Hygiene Inventory

13-item measure of maladaptive sleep hygiene behaviors over last 7 days (range: 13-65; higher scores = worse hygiene)

Time frame: Change from baseline to 2-week follow-up

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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