An ACT Website for College Students With Insomnia

NCT06094751 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 13376
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

College students experience higher rates of insomnia compared the general population, and accessibility and availability for the appropriate intervention is difficult due limited resources available to them in a college environment. Theorefore, it is vital to offer an intervention that can be just as effective yet more accessible than other available treatments targeting insomnia. That is why this study will investigate the efficacy and feasibility of an online ACT intervention for insomnia among college students. Specifically, Is an online ACT for college students effective in treating insomnia? And, is an online ACT for college students feasible and acceptable in treating insomnia? Participants will be randomized into one of two conditions: waitlist or online ACT guide. Participants will receive questionnaires at baseline, post-treatment (4 weeks), and 1-month follow up.

Conditions

Insomnia

Keywords

Insomnia; college student; university student; online

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)

  The ISI is composed of 7-items that asses for severity of sleep onset, sleep maintenance, early morning waking issues, sleep satisfaction, sleep interference (e.g., daytime fatigue), noticeability of sleep impairment, and sleep worry. Each item is measured on a five-point likert scale ranging from 0 indicating no severity to 4 indicating very severe. The ISI has been shown to be a valid, clinical questionnaire designed to gauge insomnia severity (Bastien, Vallières, \& Morin, 2001), is sensitive to treatment response (Morin, Belleville, Bélanger, \& Ivers, 2011), and has been agreed upon as essential for insomnia treatment efficacy studies (Buysse, Ancoli-Israel, Edinger, Lichstein, \& Morin, 2006). Additionally, the ISI has been used a previous randomized control trails (RCT) among college student to determine treatment efficacy (Taylor et al., 2014).

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

ACT Guide for Insomnia

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete 2 modules of an online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Guide designed to focus on insomnia among college students. Module 1 will be available to participants at the start of week 1 and throughout the course of the study. Module 2 will become available at the start of week 3 and participants will have access throughout the study

Behavioral: ACT Guide for Insomnia

Waitlist

NO INTERVENTION

Participants randomized into the waitlist condition will not have access to the ACT Guide for Insomnia until the conclusion of their time in the study (8 weeks after randomization).

Interventions

ACT Guide for Insomnia BEHAVIORAL

ACT Guide for Insomnia includes 2 modules. Module 1 will include sleep/insomnia education, ACT skills (acceptance, defusion), and behavioral change. Module 2 will include sleep restriction, sleep hygiene, ACT skills (values, committed action), and behavioral change.

ACT Guide for Insomnia

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• years or older
• enrolled in a 2- or 4-year college (includes graduate students)
• fluent in English
• have access to the internet
• meets diagnosis for at least acute insomnia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5
• searching/wanting in treatment
• currently residing in the US

You may not qualify if:

• diagnosed with another sleep disorder that is not insomnia
• currently attending therapy for an emotional disorder (anxiety or depression) or insomnia
• prescribed medications to treat insomnia or another sleep-inducing medication

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Utah State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Utah State University

Logan, Utah, 84321, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic; Dyssomnias; Sleep Wake Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Michael P Twohig, PhD

CONTACT

435-265-8933; michael.twohig@usu.edu

Gabe San Miguel, M.S.

CONTACT

713 553 3731; gabe.sanmiguel@usu.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 16, 2023
• First Posted: October 23, 2023
• Study Start: October 20, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2024
• Study Completion: May 1, 2025
• Last Updated: October 24, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Locations

US (1)