NCT05093465

A Comparison of Two Behavioral Sleep Interventions Among College Students (ProjectTECH)

A Comparison Trial of Two Behavioral Sleep Interventions to Improve Sleep-related Outcomes and Reduce Technology Usage Among College Students

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oakland University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study was a randomized controlled trial designed to examine whether augmenting traditional sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedures with technology use reduction stimulus control procedures would produce better sleep and technology usage outcomes.

Detailed description

Sixty college students were randomized to a 4-week sleep hygiene and stimulus control intervention (ACI) or an enhanced intervention including technology stimulus control instructions (TI).

Conditions

• Sleep Disturbance
• Sleep Hygiene

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Technology Intervention	Participants were provided with sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedure plus procedures to reduce technology usage in bed (i.e., technology usage stimulus control). In addition to the sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedures, participants were also given a set of procedures aimed at changing technology usage behavior at bedtime and throughout the day.
OTHER	Active Control	Participants were provided with sleep hygiene and stimulus control procedures.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-25
• Primary completion: 2019-07-31
• Completion: 2019-07-31
• First posted: 2021-10-26
• Last updated: 2021-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States