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

October 3, 2018 updated by: Yale-NUS College
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).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

70

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Singapore
      • Singapore, Singapore, 138527
        • Yale-NUS College

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 24 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Standard information
In this arm, participants will receive standard information pamphlets about the benefits of good sleeping habits.
Other: Pamphlets
Experimental: Appearance-based information
In this arm, participants will receive information about how sleep modifies their physical appearance. This will involve a computer transformation that morphs their face according to hours of sleep obtained.
Behavioral: Appearance-based intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Objective sleep duration
Time Frame: Up to 1 month after the intervention
Measured through actigraphy
Up to 1 month after the intervention
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)
Up to 1 month after the intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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)
Up to 1 month
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)
Up to 1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Yale-NUS College

Collaborators

University of St Andrews
Duke-NUS College

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 2, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 6, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

July 7, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 5, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 3, 2018

Last Verified

July 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • A-15-083

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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