A Comparison of Two Behavioral Sleep Interventions Among College Students (ProjectTECH)

Oakland University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep Disturbance; Sleep Hygiene

Treatments: Other: Active Control; Behavioral: Technology Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05093465

IRBID1306257

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was a randomized controlled trial designed to examine whether augmenting traditional sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedures with technology use reduction stimulus control procedures would produce better sleep and technology usage outcomes.

Full description

Sixty college students were randomized to a 4-week sleep hygiene and stimulus control intervention (ACI) or an enhanced intervention including technology stimulus control instructions (TI).

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be at least 18 years old, enrolled at Oakland University, and reside in an on-campus dormitory to participate.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Active Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants were provided with sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedures.

Treatment:

Other: Active Control

Technology Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants were given the same intervention materials as the active control condition plus procedures to change technology use.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Technology Intervention