When the Alarm Goes Off, You're Already Awake

February 5, 2024 updated by: International Institute of Behavioral Medicines

When the Alarm Goes Off, You're Already Awake!

This is a behavioral observational study aimed at evaluating the impact that anxiety exerts on working people at the moment of awakening in the morning. It consists of a short self-administered questionnaire which will be given to workers to complete. Relationships between workers' answers and anxiety will be evaluated.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This is a behavioral observational study aimed at evaluating the impact that anxiety exerts on working people at the moment of awakening in the morning. Literature found out that anticipatory anxiety plays a key role as for awakening quality (experiencing self). This evaluation could change at the end of the working day due to biased memory effects (remembering self).

In Literature there are not studies which investigate the relationships between time to awakening before the alarm sounds and anxiety.

The study consists of a short self-administered questionnaire which will be given to workers to complete. In more details, the survey is made of five questions collecting information on type of work, people who use an alarm, time of awakening before the alarm goes off, feelings on the moment of awakening, and feelings as for the working day spent. Further, participants will have to complete an anxiety self-administered questionnaire on anxiety, and namely the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale.

Descriptive statistics will be presented by taking into account the characteristics of the sample being investigated. Statistical correlations between workers' answers and anxiety will be also evaluated.

This study's usefulness relies on detecting on advance mood disorders (like anxiety is) and maladaptive behaviors, in order to build persons' positive routines (i.e. well-being) and improve their productive quality at work.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

135

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

  • Italy
      • Calosso, Italy, 14052
        • Barbara Rocca

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Workers (any kind)

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being workers (any type)
  • Adult age
  • Ability to understand the Italian language

Exclusion Criteria:

  • People who do not use the alarm clock to wake up in the morning
  • Refuse to adhere to the study

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Zung
Time Frame: At the specific time of the scale assessment
Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; score 20-80 with higher estimates indicating higher levels of anxiety
At the specific time of the scale assessment

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

International Institute of Behavioral Medicines

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 (Actual)

September 25, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 30, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 2, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 11, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

July 12, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 6, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 5, 2024

Last Verified

February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2023-02

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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