The Influence of Sleep Education With Social Media Reminders on the Sleep Quality in Adolescents

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adolescent Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Sleep Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05071989

BAIBU-SBF-SC-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of sleep education, supported and unsupported with social media reminders, on sleep quality in 14-18 age group adolescents.

Design: This study is in a single-blind randomized controlled design. The study was carried out between October 2019 and January 2020.

Participants: The sample of this study consisted of 60 students randomly selected from three Anatolian High Schools in the city center. The students were divided into 3 groups of 20 people each (Experiment 1, Experiment 2, and Control). According to the scan result, adolescents who have sleep quality (PSQI>5 and CASQ>16), use Smartphone and the internet, have no chronic diseases and obesity, and have no mental problems were included in the study. Adolescents who use sleeping pills or any other medication and have communication obstacles were excluded from the study. The study was completed with 55 adolescents due to the separation of 5 adolescents during the experiment.

Intervention: The sleep education group, which was unsupported with social media reminders, was given sleep education for 30 minutes once a week for four weeks at school. In addition to the education at school, information messages and warnings were sent to the sleep education group, which was supported with social media reminders, via WhatsApp. The control group did not receive any intervention other than taking measurements of sleep parameters once a week.

Main Outcome(s) and Measure(s): The data were collected with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness Questionnaire, Adolescent Sleep Habits Form and MI Band 3 device.

Full description

The application of the research was planned according to the literature review and recommendations of the cognitive behavioral therapy approach. Sleep-related CBT practices consist of stimulus control, sleep restriction, relaxation techniques, managing sleep-related concerns, sleep hygiene education, and paradoxical intention. CBT practices consist of stimulus control and sleep hygiene education were used in this study. The sleep hygiene education that is part of the CBT method was used in the sleep education given to the Experiment 1 group. The sleep hygiene education that is part of the CBT method and the written stimulus control applications with WhatsApp was performed twice a day in the Experiment 2 group.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Don't have any language and hearing problems
• Use the internet and Smartphone
• Do not have any chronic diseases
• Mental disorders and obesity
• Do not use any medication that causes sleep problems

Exclusion criteria

• Use sleeping pills
• Have psychiatric and chronic diseases
• Have mental disabilities were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Sleep education group do not supported with social media reminders

Experimental group

Description:

Sleep education do not supported with social media reminders

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep Education

Sleep education group supported with social media reminders

Experimental group

Description:

Sleep education group supported with social media reminders

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep Education

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was made in the control group.