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NCT Number: NCT02491138

An Evaluation of Appearance-based Interventions for the Promotion of Sleep

This study evaluates the efficacy of appearance-based interventions in promoting healthy sleep. One group of participants will receive standard information about sleep (control group), while the other group will receive information about how sleep affects their physical appearance (intervention group).

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Key information

Conditions

Sleep Habits Healthy

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Yale-NUS College

Singapore, 138527

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 18-24 years
  • <7 hours of sleep routinely

Exclusion criteria

  • per-existing medical, sleep, or psychiatric conditions;
  • history of substance abuse.

Treatment and study plan

Appearance-based intervention

Behavioral

Pamphlets

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective sleep duration

    Time frame: Up to 1 month after the intervention

    Measured through actigraphy

  2. Self-reported sleep hygiene

    Time frame: Up to 1 month after the intervention

    Measured through the Sleep Hygiene scale (total score: higher score corresponds to poorer sleep hygiene)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Subjective sleep quality

    Time frame: Up to 1 month

    Measured through the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (global score: higher score corresponds to poorer sleep quality)

  2. Insomnia-related cognition

    Time frame: Up to 1 month

    Measured through the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep scale (total score: higher score corresponds to more dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yale-NUS College

Other

Collaborators

  • Duke-NUS College
  • University of St Andrews

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Jul 7, 2015
Registry last updated
Oct 5, 2018

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