Student Exercise and Sleep Timing Study - Part 2

NCT06336590 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Pro2024000249
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 6

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a morning exercise intervention on sleep (quality and duration), mood (positive affect, anxiety, depression, anger), stress and productivity among undergraduate students (18-23 years) evening-exercisers with poor self-reported sleep quality. Aim 1. Compared to the control condition, evening-exercisers prescribed morning exercise will exhibit improved sleep quality (increased efficiency, decreased fragmentation) and increased sleep duration. Aim 2. Compared to the control condition, evening-exercisers prescribed morning exercise will exhibit improved mood (increased positive affect, decreased depression, anxiety and anger). Aim 3. Compared to the control condition, evening-exercisers prescribed morning exercise will exhibit decreased stress and increased productivity.

Conditions

Sleep; Mood; Stress

Keywords

Exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Sleep Quality

  Determine if, compared to a control condition (maintaining usual schedule), shifting exercise from evening to morning improves sleep (quality and duration). Sleep quality includes variables such as the actigraph measured sleep period, total sleep time, sleep efficiency, and wake after sleep onset. Sleep quality and duration will be measured using wrist actigraphy, specifically the Phillips Actiwatch Spectrum Plus devices. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale will also be utilized to measure sleep quality, where scores range from 0-24 and higher scores signify more exhaustion and poorer sleep quality.

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Mood

  2 weeks

• Stress

  2 weeks

• Productivity

  2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Normal Exercise

NO INTERVENTION

This arm has no intervention. Participants will continue to exercise at their normal evening time (6pm-11pm).

Morning Exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will change their exercise times to the morning (6am-11am).

Behavioral: Morning Exercise

Interventions

Morning Exercise BEHAVIORAL

Exercise is changed from normal (6pm-11pm) exercise to morning (6am-11am) exercise.

Morning Exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 23 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy undergraduates (18-23 years)
• Frequent evening exercisers (6pm-11pm, 3+ times per week)
• Poor self-reported sleep quality
• Must be willing to wear wrist actigraph 24/7 except when showering/bathing

You may not qualify if:

• Sleep/circadian rhythm disorders
• Medications for sleep
• Inability to change schedule to exercise in AM
• Inability to maintain exercise frequency over next 4 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: lead

Study Sites (6)

College Avenue Gym

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

RECRUITING

Cook/Douglass Rec Center

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

RECRUITING

Rutgers Fitness Center

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

RECRUITING

Rutgers Sleep Lab

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

RECRUITING

Livingston Rec Center

Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, United States

RECRUITING

Werblin Rec Center

Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Andrea Spaeth, PhD

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Research Coordinator

CONTACT

610-304-1363; cc2250@kines.rutgers.edu

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 29, 2024
• First Posted: March 29, 2024
• Study Start: October 21, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 16, 2026
• Last Updated: November 21, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: The deidentified data will be sent to vetted researchers who request it after the data collection period is complete. It will only be available for those vetted researchers for 6 years after the data collection period is complete.

Locations

US (6)