Impact of Sleep Workshops in College Students

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Insomnia; Sleep Deprivation; Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: C-SIP; Other: Dream discussion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02665247

15-00847

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the impact of sleep workshops on sleep, mood, anxiety and well-being measures in a sample of college students. College students have a high prevalence of sleep problems including poor sleep hygiene, volitional sleep deprivation, and insomnia. Sleep disorders in college students negatively affect mood, social functioning, physical safety, and academic performance. Rarely recognized by the students themselves, these conditions are therefore often untreated. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive the College Sleep Improvement Plan (C-SIP) or a control session. Participants will be asked to track their sleep as well as complete questionnaires; a subset of participants will be asked to wear an activity monitor.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Currently enrolled in classes at the NYU Washington Square campus

Exclusion criteria

• Students previously enrolled in the "While You Were Sleeping" course at NYU

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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180 participants in 2 patient groups

C-SIP

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to the C-SIP group will attend sessions where information about sleep is presented. In session I, information about sleep and the effects of lack of sleep will be presented. Participants will also be presented with advice and tips on how to improve sleep. Session II will focus on assisting participants overcome any barriers they faced in applying the advice they received in session I; participants will also receive additional information on sleep and sleep-related techniques.

Treatment:

Behavioral: C-SIP

Control Session

Other group

Description:

Participants assigned to the control group will attend sessions in which information on sleep is presented in the form of dream discussions.

Treatment:

Other: Dream discussion