An Interactive School Sleep Education Program

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: Sleep Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03620240

Sleep Education

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to improve sleep behavior in secondary school students, through the use of an educational program specifically designed for this purpose. Data will be collected on students' time use, sleep habits, daytime functioning and mood before and after the program to assess if the program is effective in improving students' sleep behavior and corresponding outcomes.

Full description

The present study aims to examine the effectiveness of a class-based interactive Sleep Education Program in improving sleep behavior of secondary school students. The Sleep Education Program is designed by sleep experts from our laboratory, and is aimed at educating students about the importance of sleep and good sleep habits, as well as addressing their attitudes towards sleep, in order to encourage behavior change. Participants will be randomly assigned to the Sleep Education Program or a Control Program. All participants will undergo four weekly class-based lessons, which use video presentations, in-class activities, discussions and take-home assignments to deliver the materials. Each lesson has set goals to achieve. Participants in the Sleep Education Program will learn about the importance of sleep, what factors may prevent them from getting enough sleep, how they can manage their time to create more opportunity for sleep, and how they can overcome obstacles to time management. Emphasis will be placed on how sleep affects each student personally, and how each person can benefit from improving sleep. Participants in the Control Program will undergo a similarly structured class-based program, during which they will learn about various general health-related topics. However, the Control Program is designed in such a way that it does not cover any topics related to sleep. Data will be collected from participants from both groups. The following variables are measured: sleep habits, sleep knowledge, daytime functioning, mood and app-tracked time use. Data on all measurements will be collected at three time points: pre-program, immediately post-program and during a 1-month follow-up. Results will be compared between the three time points, as well as between the two groups (Sleep Education Program and Control Program). By comparing results from the Sleep Education Program to the Control Program, we can evaluate the effect of educating students about sleep on improving sleep behavior.

Enrollment: 205 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 13 to 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Secondary school students
• Currently in year 2

Exclusion criteria

• Secondary school students form years other than year 2

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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205 participants in 2 patient groups

Sleep Education

Experimental group

Description:

Half of the participants are randomly assigned to the Sleep Education group. These participants will undergo 4 weekly class-based lesson, during which they are educated about sleep.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep Education

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Half of the participants are randomly assigned to the Control group. These participants undergo 4 weekly class-based lessons, during which they are educated about health-related topics, but not about sleep.