Sleep Hygiene Training in Gymnasts: Sleep Behaviour, Quality and Sleepiness

NCT06418737 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: BAIBU-SBF-UK-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 14
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Sleep is essential to human health and well-being. Lack of or poor sleep can negatively impact cognitive function, mood, and physical performance. Athletes, especially elite athletes, are at risk for sleep problems due to heavy training schedules and the stress of travel. Lack of or poor sleep can negatively impact athletes in many ways, including lack of sleep can lead to mood disorders such as irritability, anxiety, and depression. This may have a negative impact on athlete motivation and participation in training. Sleep deprivation can lead to decreased muscle strength, endurance, and coordination. This can affect an athlete's performance in training and competition phase. Sleep hygiene refers to a set of practices aimed at regulating the sleep environment and habits to improve sleep quality. Sleep hygiene education is an intervention designed to teach athletes about the importance of sleep hygiene to improve their sleep quality. As sleep quality improves, attention, concentration, memory, and decision-making skills also improve . This can help athletes to perform better during training and competition. As sleep quality improves, mood disorders such as irritability, anxiety, and depression decrease. This can increase athlete motivation and participation in training. As sleep quality improves, so does muscle strength, endurance, and coordination.

Conditions

Sleep Hygiene; Habit, Good Sleep

Keywords

Sleep Quality; Sleep Hygiene; Sleep Habits; Athletes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Actigraphy

  Actigraphy is a less invasive method compared to other sleep measurement methods such as polysomnography

  Pre-test, following one week mid-test and following one month post-test

• Athlete Sleep Behavior Questionnaire (ASBQ)

  Athlete Sleep Behavior Questionnaire is a 17-item, Likert-type (1- Never, 5- Always) scale with 4 sub-factors (sports-related, sleep quality, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance)

  Pre-test and 1 month after the pre-test

• Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

  Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index assesses various sleep-related factors, including sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, and daytime sleepiness. It is a 19-item self-report questionnaire. Each item is scored from 0 to 3, and the total score ranges from 0 to 57. Higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality.

  Pre-test and 1 month after the pre-test

• Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness Questionnaire

  Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness Questionnaire provides a valid and reliable subjective measure of daytime sleepiness in adolescents. This Questionnaire consists of 16 items that measure daytime sleepiness. Scores range from 16 to 80 on a 5-point Likert scale (never: 1; rarely: 2; sometimes: 3; usually: 4; almost every day: 5). Five of the statements are scored in the reverse direction. Daytime sleepiness is obtained by summing the scores of the 16 items, and the higher the score, the higher the daytime sleepiness.

  Pre-test and 1 month after the pre-test

Study Arms (2)

Sleep Training Group:

EXPERIMENTAL

Sleep Intervention: A 60-minute sleep hygiene education session will be delivered to the participants by an expert with experience in providing education in the areas of sports and sleep. Subsequently, interventions will be implemented to improve the sleep environments of the athletes who are staying at the facility

Behavioral: Sleep HygieneTraining

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No training will be provided If offered by the control group participants, "sleep hygiene training" will be given after all the data collected from the Sleep Training Group

Interventions

Sleep HygieneTraining BEHAVIORAL

Training Content * Importance of Sleep: The vital importance of sleep for physical and mental health. * Benefits of Adequate and Quality Sleep: The numerous benefits of sufficient and good quality sleep. * Sleep Stages: The different stages of sleep and their characteristics. * Sleep Hygiene: The concept of sleep hygiene and its importance for improving sleep quality. * What to Do? * What to Avoid for Better Sleep?

Sleep Training Group:

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 20 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Male individuals will be included due to the fact that women's hormonal responses may cause heterogeneous findings and the difficulty in interpreting the findings due to their hormonal profile.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Voluntariness: Participants must be willing to participate in the study voluntarily and provide informed consent.
• Elite Gymnasts: Participants must be elite gymnasts competing at the national level.
• Being Healthy: Participants must be in good health and free of any significant medical conditions that could affect their sleep or participation in the study.
• No Prior Sleep Hygiene Training: Participants must not have received any formal sleep education or intervention in the past.

You may not qualify if:

• Complications During the Intervention: Participants who experience any complications during the sleep hygiene education intervention will be excluded from the study.
• Regular Use of Sleep-Affecting Medication

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Abant Izzet Baysal University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Faculty of Sport Sciences,

Bolu, 14030, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sleep Hygiene; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Umid Karli, PhD

  Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Coaching Education

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants are masked
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: Single masked, randomized trial (experimental and control group)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 10, 2024
• First Posted: May 17, 2024
• Study Start: June 4, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 30, 2024
• Study Completion: September 20, 2024
• Last Updated: February 18, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Locations

TU (1)