Self-Management of Sleep Among Older Adults

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Sleep Disturbance

Treatments: Device: Personal Sleep Monitoring

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03837249

2018-5225

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of older persons use of a personal sleep monitoring device(PSMD)to improve self-management of sleep. Disrupted sleep occurs in up to 50% of persons over the age of 65 with chronic health conditions. Impaired sleep negatively influences subjective and objective health outcomes.To improve their sleep, older adults with chronic health conditions could benefit from objective information, available through personal health monitoring devices, about their current and changing sleep patterns. Based on this information, sleep self-management interventions can be individualized and shared, and associations between sleep and health changes may be better managed.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 65 years or older
• Self-report difficulty sleeping
• Willingness to wear the PSMD for four weeks
• Cognitive abilities (Mini Cog of 5 or above).

Exclusion criteria

• Under the age of 65
• Presence of known sleep disorders
• Severe cognitive or neurosensory impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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26 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Passive Personal Sleep Monitoring

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Wears personal sleep monitor but does not actively self-monitor (will have access to the sleep data and self-monitoring after 4 weeks).

Treatment:

Device: Personal Sleep Monitoring

Individual Personal Sleep Monitoring

Active Comparator group

Description:

Wears personal sleep monitor and actively self-monitoring sleep and using data to self-manage sleep.

Treatment:

Device: Personal Sleep Monitoring

Socially Supported Sleep Monitoring

Active Comparator group

Description:

Wears a personal sleep monitor, actively self-monitoring using sleep data to self-manage sleep and shares data for supportive self-management.

Treatment:

Device: Personal Sleep Monitoring