NCT03605732

The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention Based on Self-help for Sleep Hygiene Promotion on Patients With Insomnia

The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention Based on Self-help for Sleep Hygiene Promotion on Employees of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 312 (actual)
• Sponsor: Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This plan will be implemented on the staff of the Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. The Insomnia Severity Index questionnaire will be used to screen for insomnia and low sleep health. This questionnaire is provided online to the staff through communication channels such as telegrams to help people who are interested in participating in this research. Individuals who scored more than 8 were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups and completed the Insomnia Index Index. The intervention group will then receive an app-based educational intervention designed to improve sleep hygiene. Control group: Participants in the control group perform routine activities. The intervention and control group will fill out the relevant questionnaire one and three and six months after the completion of the training to assess the impact of the intervention online.

Conditions

• Insomnia
• Behavioral Intervention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	self help sleep hygiene intervention application	This intervention lasts for six weeks. The intervention is App-based and mainly consists of the most potent CBT techniques as well Health action process approach. Weekly feedback is provided by health psychologists.
OTHER	patients education	Participants in the PE group will receive written weekly information on accurate and relevant information regarding insomnia symptoms, physiological controls of sleep, sleep hygiene practices, healthy sleep behaviors

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-06
• Completion: 2019-06-08
• First posted: 2018-07-30
• Last updated: 2019-09-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran