An ACT Website for College Students With Insomnia

Utah State University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Insomnia

Treatments: Behavioral: ACT Guide for Insomnia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06094751

13376

Details and patient eligibility

About

College students experience higher rates of insomnia compared the general population, and accessibility and availability for the appropriate intervention is difficult due limited resources available to them in a college environment. Theorefore, it is vital to offer an intervention that can be just as effective yet more accessible than other available treatments targeting insomnia. That is why this study will investigate the efficacy and feasibility of an online ACT intervention for insomnia among college students. Specifically, Is an online ACT for college students effective in treating insomnia? And, is an online ACT for college students feasible and acceptable in treating insomnia? Participants will be randomized into one of two conditions: waitlist or online ACT guide. Participants will receive questionnaires at baseline, post-treatment (4 weeks), and 1-month follow up.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. 18 years or older
2. enrolled in a 2- or 4-year college (includes graduate students)
3. fluent in English
4. have access to the internet
5. meets diagnosis for at least acute insomnia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5
6. searching/wanting in treatment
7. currently residing in the US

Exclusion criteria

1. diagnosed with another sleep disorder that is not insomnia
2. currently attending therapy for an emotional disorder (anxiety or depression) or insomnia
3. prescribed medications to treat insomnia or another sleep-inducing medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

ACT Guide for Insomnia

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will complete 2 modules of an online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Guide designed to focus on insomnia among college students. Module 1 will be available to participants at the start of week 1 and throughout the course of the study. Module 2 will become available at the start of week 3 and participants will have access throughout the study

Treatment:

Behavioral: ACT Guide for Insomnia

Waitlist

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants randomized into the waitlist condition will not have access to the ACT Guide for Insomnia until the conclusion of their time in the study (8 weeks after randomization).