Pilot Sleep Extension and Mood

University of Illinois

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep Problems; Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms

Treatments: Behavioral: Healthy Living Psychoeducation; Behavioral: Sleep Extension

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06675799

2024-1230

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this interventional study is to learn if a digital sleep extension intervention can improve sleep and mood in young urban adults with mood symptoms. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Will this intervention improve sleep? Will this intervention improve mood? Does the effect of this intervention change based on environmental factors like noise and light pollution?

Researchers will compare participants receiving the sleep intervention to participants receiving a "general healthy living" intervention to see if outcome are different across groups.

Participants will:

• receive 6 weeks of brief once weekly telephone coaching and read once weekly educational content
• have their sleep monitored daily with a FitBit and Somnofy sleep device and during the 6-week intervention period
• respond to questionnaires at the start of the intervention, halfway through the intervention, at the end of the intervention, and finally 4 weeks after completing the intervention

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 to 30
• Have internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, stress)
• Have sleep concerns
• Sleep less than 7 hours per night
• Have perceived neighborhood disorder
• Smart phone that can run Somnofy app
• Access to Wifi in their home

Exclusion criteria

• High risk for obstructive sleep apnea
• Significant medical morbidities or psychiatric problem, or chronic substance use
• Non-English speaking (unable to participate in therapy or questionnaire)
• Taking medications for sleep
• An insomnia disorder
• Traveling for 2 weeks or more during the 10-week study period (due to loss of data from participants not sleeping in their home where the Somnofy device has been set up)
• Employed with rotating shift or night work

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

Sleep Extension

Experimental group

Description:

Sleep-related psychoeducation will be provided in weekly lesson content. Phone coaching will revolve around sleep health and meeting sleep goals.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep Extension

Healthy Living

Active Comparator group

Description:

Psychoeducation about general health (e.g., hand washing) will be provided in weekly lesson content. Phone coaches will not provide counseling or goal setting but may clarify terms or concepts.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy Living Psychoeducation