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NCT Number: NCT02846077

Multi-scale Modeling of Sleep Behaviors in Social Networks

The project is designed to document in college undergraduates the relationships among sleep/wake timing and duration, use of mobile phones and other electronic devices, food timing and content, self-reported mood and physiological measures.

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Key information

Conditions

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

About this study

College undergraduates are studied in cohorts of ~ 50 in fall or spring semesters. They complete diaries once in the morning and once in the evening about sleep/wake timing, timing of social and school activities, and mood. They wear physiological sensors. They install (1) an application on their mobile phone that tracks timing, duration and de-identified sender/recipient of phone calls and text messages, use of internet or apps (but not the content or names of those internet sites and apps) and (2) meal content and timing. They also spend at least one overnight session providing saliva samples for later assay for hormones.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • undergraduate at institution at which we have permission to perform study
  • owning a mobile device on which the phone app can be installed
  • ability to wear the wrist-worn sensors

Exclusion criteria

  • no travel outside one time zone starting approximately 2 weeks before monitoring begins through end of approximately one month of monitoring.
  • participation in a prior group studied

Treatment and study plan

No intervention. Observation only

Other

No intervention. Observation only

Primary outcomes

  1. Timing of sleep and wake

    Time frame: Approximately one month

    Timing of self-reported sleep onset and wake onset

  2. Timing of phone use (e.g., mobile phone calls, text messages, applications and internet use)

    Time frame: Approximately one month

    Timing of phone use (e.g, mobile phone calls, text messages, applications and internet use)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mood

    Time frame: Approximately one month

    Self-reported mood using a linear non-numeric scale

  2. Activity levels

    Time frame: approximately one month

    Activity levels collected every minute using a wrist-worn device

  3. Light exposure levels

    Time frame: approximately one month

    Light exposure levels collected every minute using a wrist-worn device

  4. Food choice

    Time frame: approximately one month

    Content of food

  5. Circadian phase

    Time frame: one day

    Calculated time of melatonin phase as a marker of circadian rhythms

  6. Electrodermal activity

    Time frame: approximately one month

    Electrodermal activity as measured using a wrist-worn device

  7. Timing of meals

    Time frame: approximately one month

    Time meals are eaten

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jul 27, 2016
Registry last updated
Jul 11, 2018

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