Sleep, the Never-ending Quest of College Students

NCT04035213 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: STUDY00001775
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 146
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether undergraduate students completing a course focused entirely on sleep at a major urban university evidence positive changes in their sleep patterns compared to students completing a similar-level course (without any discussion of sleep) in the same department (Psychology) at the same university (UH). Potential changes in sleep patterns across the semester will be examined as well as whether putative changes in sleep can be linked with academic and mental health outcomes.

Conditions

Sleep; Sleep Disturbance; Sleep Hygiene

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• National Sleep Foundation Sleep Diary

  The National Sleep Foundation Sleep Diary is a self-report diary designed to help participants track their sleep, sleep habits, and other relevant sleep behaviors (e.g., caffeine use) over a seven-day period.

  7 days

Study Arms (2)

Behavior of Sleep Course

EXPERIMENTAL

A semester-long course focused on sleep improves college students' sleep patterns over one semester. The listed aims of this course are to: 1) provide students with a comprehensive understanding of sleep; 2) afford an overview of the multiple ways sleep impact health, performance and well-being; and 3) to assist students in discovering how their own sleep-wake patterns impact their day to day functioning.

Behavioral: Behavior of Sleep Course

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Students from other upper level departmental courses with content that does not include a focus on or discussion of sleep

Interventions

Behavior of Sleep Course BEHAVIORAL

The current study will evaluate whether a semester-long course focused on sleep improves college students' sleep patterns over one semester compared to students completing a similar-level course in the same department (Psychology) at the same university.

Behavior of Sleep Course

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All undergraduate students at UH age 18 and older who are enrolled in the following upper-level courses and who provide consent to participate will be eligible to participate as control participants

You may not qualify if:

• Previous enrollment in PSYC 4397: The Behavior of Sleep course or a similar course.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Houston: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Houston

Houston, Texas, 77204, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Parasomnias; Sleep Hygiene

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sleep Wake Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Simon Lau, M.A.

  University of Houston

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2019
• First Posted: July 29, 2019
• Study Start: August 19, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2021
• Study Completion: August 1, 2023
• Last Updated: November 28, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)