Recovery Sleepers: A Pilot Study of a Sleep Health Intervention for College Students in Recovery

NCT05114577 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HM20022646
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 12
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to examine how to improve sleep in college students in recovery from substance use disorder(s). This study is a pilot test of an experimental program called Recovery Sleepers (RS) to explore its feasibility and how well it works to improve sleep, wellbeing, and cravings.

Conditions

Sleep; Addiction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Satisfaction with treatment

  Participants will rate their experiences in the study using a scale from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). Treatment and placebo groups will answer a different number of questions. Scores will be averaged to yield a single score between 1 and 5.

  6 weeks

• Study participant retention

  Percent of participants who complete all 6 weeks of the study

  6 weeks

• Study material completion

  Percent of participant who complete all of the study materials over the course of the study

  6 weeks

• Study group attendance

  Percent of participants who attend all study group meetings

  6 weeks

• Recruitment success

  Number of participants recruited into the study

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Recovery Sleepers program.

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Recovery Sleepers program.

Email recommendations

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Email recommendations

Interventions

Recovery Sleepers program. BEHAVIORAL

Attend two, 90-minute remote discussion groups (\~10 other participants and 2 study team members) via Zoom. During these groups, participants will receive educational materials about how to improve sleep. They will also discuss sleep and sleep-related behaviors, including how active substance use and recovery may have changed sleep, with a small group of other participants.

Recovery Sleepers program.

Email recommendations BEHAVIORAL

Receive recommendations (via email) to help improve sleep

Email recommendations

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• More than 18 years of age
• Enrolled (full- or part-time) at a college or university
• Have struggled with substance addiction in the past
• More than 3 months of self-reported continuous abstinence from alcohol and all illegal drugs
• Have an Internet-enabled device with audio capabilities.

You may not qualify if:

• Younger than 18 years of age
• Not enrolled at VCU
• Have not struggled with substance addiction in the past
• Have not had at least 3 months of self-reported continuous abstinence from alcohol and all
• illegal drugs
• In active treatment for a sleep disorder (seen a health provider specifically regarding sleep within the last 6 months)
• Unable to communicate in English both orally and in writing
• Do not have an Internet-enabled device with audio capabilities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Virginia Commonwealth University: lead
• Society for Health Psychology: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior, Addictive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Natalie Dautovich, PhD

  Virginia Commonwealth University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 29, 2021
• First Posted: November 10, 2021
• Study Start: October 24, 2021
• Primary Completion: October 3, 2022
• Study Completion: October 3, 2022
• Last Updated: December 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)