Oregon Military Employee Sleep and Health Study (MESH)

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Well-Being; Health Behavior; Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: Actigraphy Feedback; Behavioral: FSSB/Sleep Leadership Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02946736

W81XWH-16-1-0720

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a randomized controlled trial that assesses the effects of (1) the Family-Supportive Supervisor Behavior (FSSB) and Sleep Leadership training and (2) sleep/cognitive effectiveness feedback intervention on health and well-being among full-time employees in the Oregon National Guard, their supervisors, and their families. The interventions involving both health protection and health promotion are expected to contribute to improvements in employees' and their supervisors' sleep, risk behaviors, mental and physical health, and injury, as well as employees' and their spouse/partners' family experiences, health and well-being, and workplace outcomes.

Full description

The overall goal of the Military Employee Sleep and Health (MESH) study is to improve safety, health and well-being of service members in the Oregon National Guard and their families. The MESH Study seeks to do this by training supervisors to support Oregon National Guard service members by focusing on a reduction in work-life stress while increasing sleep health.

The Oregon MESH Study proposes that leadership can influence a fundamental change in the recognition of sleep health and service members' overall well-being and the well-being of their family members. With the support of the Oregon National Guard, the MESH Study will provide family-support and sleep leadership training for supervisors while raising awareness of sleep through daily non-invasive sleep measurements.

The investigators of the Oregon MESH Study expect positive results for study participants, including reduced stress and increased social support. Longer term, these effects are expected to create a more supportive work environment, which has positive effects on safety, health, well-being, family, and organizational outcomes. The investigators also expect that providing service members with individual sleep feedback will reduce sleep problems and improve sleep awareness.

Enrollment: 704 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Full-time employees in the Oregon National Guard, including Military Technicians and Active Guard Reserves.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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704 participants in 3 patient groups

Supervisor Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Supervisors in the intervention group will go through the FSSB/sleep leadership training and receive actigraphy feedback.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Actigraphy Feedback

Behavioral: FSSB/Sleep Leadership Training

Employee Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Employees in the intervention group will receive actigraphy feedback.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Actigraphy Feedback

Waitlist Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Supervisor training and actigraphy feedback provided AFTER final 9 month data collection.