Impact of Sleep Workshops in College Students

The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the impact of sleep workshops on sleep, mood, anxiety and well-being measures in a sample of college students. College students have a high prevalence of sleep problems including poor sleep hygiene, volitional sleep deprivation, and insomnia. Sleep disorders in college students negatively affect mood, social functioning, physical safety, and academic performance. Rarely recognized by the students themselves, these conditions are therefore often untreated. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive the College Sleep Improvement Plan (C-SIP) or a control session. Participants will be asked to track their sleep as well as complete questionnaires; a subset of participants will be asked to wear an activity monitor.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Insomnia; Sleep; Sleep Deprivation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: C-SIP; Other: Dream discussion

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 180
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10016
      • NYU School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Currently enrolled in classes at the NYU Washington Square campus

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students previously enrolled in the "While You Were Sleeping" course at NYU

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: C-SIP; Participants assigned to the C-SIP group will attend sessions where information about sleep is presented. In session I, information about sleep and the effects of lack of sleep will be presented. Participants will also be presented with advice and tips on how to improve sleep. Session II will focus on assisting participants overcome any barriers they faced in applying the advice they received in session I; participants will also receive additional information on sleep and sleep-related techniques.	Behavioral: C-SIP; In session I, information about sleep and the effects of lack of sleep will be presented. Participants will also be presented with advice and tips on how to improve sleep. Session II will focus on assisting participants overcome any barriers they faced in applying the advice they received in session I; participants will also receive additional information on sleep and sleep-related techniques.
Other: Control Session; Participants assigned to the control group will attend sessions in which information on sleep is presented in the form of dream discussions.	Other: Dream discussion; Participants assigned to the control group will attend sessions in which information on sleep is presented in the form of dream discussions.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Change in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD) score from baseline	13 weeks
Change in Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score from baseline	13 weeks
Change in Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score from baseline	13 weeks
Change in Health Behaviors Survey (HBS) score from baseline	13 weeks
Change in Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ-SA) from baseline	13 weeks
Change in Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) score from baseline	13 weeks
Change in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score from baseline	13 weeks
Change in Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI) score from baseline	13 weeks
Change in State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (Y-6 item) (STAI-Y6) score from baseline	13 weeks
Change in Sleep Student Behavior Survey (SSBS) score from baseline	13 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jess Shatkin, NYU Langone Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 24, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 24, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): November 24, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 22, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): January 27, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 7, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 5, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Dyssomnias; Sleep Wake Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Sleep Deprivation
• Other Study ID Numbers: 15-00847

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No