Sleep Intervention

University of Manchester

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental

Treatments: Behavioral: "If-then" plans; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03047356

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Details and patient eligibility

About

A trial that tests whether implementation intentions improve sleep among adoelescents.

Enrollment: 151 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 12-16 years

Exclusion criteria

• Unable or unwilling to complete the question

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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151 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

First-person "if-then" plan

Experimental group

Description:

Participants are asked to form "if-then" plans and the instructions are presented in the first person ("if I...then I..."). "Ifs" are critical situations, "thens" are appropriate responses.

Treatment:

Behavioral: "If-then" plans

Second-person "if-then" plan

Experimental group

Description:

Participants are asked to form "if-then" plans and the instructions are presented in the second person ("if you...then you..."). "Ifs" are critical situations, "thens" are appropriate responses.

Treatment:

Behavioral: "If-then" plans

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants are presented with "ifs "(critical situations) and "thens" but are not asked to form "if-then" plans.

Treatment:

Other: Control