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Digital Insomnia and Circadian Therapy for Reducing Depression Symptoms in College Students

31 de agosto de 2026 atualizado por: CHAN NGAN YIN, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prevent Worsening of Depressive Symptoms Using Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia and Circadian Intervention in College Students

Depression is a leading cause of global disease burden, poor quality of life, disability and suicide, and commonly occurs in adolescence and early adulthood. Insomnia and circadian factors were regarded as potential targets for preventing worsening of depressive symptoms. Additionally, digital insomnia treatment reduces depressive symptoms but is insufficient for individuals with an evening chronotype. Circadian intervention is an adjunctive treatment for sleep disturbance and depression, but is often overlooked. In this study, we aim to evaluate the effect of guided digital insomnia and circadian intervention (dCBT-I + dCI) in reducing depressive symptoms in college students with insomnia and an evening chronotype compared with digital insomnia intervention alone (dCBT-I) and a health education group (dHE). We also aim to develop and evaluate multimodal prediction models to identify individuals who are more or less likely to respond to the interventions, using clinical, behavioral, circadian, and digital engagement data.

Visão geral do estudo

Status

Ainda não está recrutando

Condições

Intervenção / Tratamento

Descrição detalhada

The current study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial. Guided by a trained sleep therapist, all participants will receive 6-week education content delivered via a mobile application and 6 brief phone call follow-ups. They will be re-assessed at post intervention, and 6-month after intervention to evaluate the efficacy and sustainability of the therapist-guided digital insomnia and circadian intervention.

Tipo de estudo

Intervencional

Inscrição (Estimado)

195

Estágio

  • Não aplicável

Contactos e Locais

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Contato de estudo

Estude backup de contato

Critérios de participação

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Critérios de elegibilidade

Idades elegíveis para estudo

  • Adulto

Aceita Voluntários Saudáveis

Não

Descrição

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Youths aged between 18-24 years old.
  • Insomnia disorders as determined by DSM-5 criteria with a predominant complaint of difficulty initiating sleep.
  • Presence of an evening chronotype according to the score on the Horne-Östberg Morning-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) and having a late bedtime of 12:00 am/midnight or later for at least 3 nights per week in the last 3 months.
  • Presented with at least subclinical depressive symptoms as determined by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 ≥ 10.
  • Accessibility to a smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having a diagnosed sleep disorder that may potentially contribute to the disruption of sleep quantity and quality other than insomnia and delayed sleep phase syndrome, as ascertained by Structured Diagnostic Interview for Sleep patterns and Disorders (DISP), such as restless leg syndrome and OSA, and narcolepsy.
  • Diagnosed with neuropsychiatric disorders such as major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar affective disorders, schizophrenia, moderate or above suicidality.
  • Concurrent, regular use of medications known to affect sleep continuity and quality, including both Western medications (e.g. hypnotics, steroids, antidepressants, antihistamines) and over-the-counter medications (e.g. melatonin).
  • Participate in other psychotherapy (e.g., CBT, mindfulness) currently or in the past three months.

Plano de estudo

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Como o estudo é projetado?

Detalhes do projeto

  • Finalidade Principal: Prevenção
  • Alocação: Randomizado
  • Modelo Intervencional: Atribuição Paralela
  • Mascaramento: Dobro

Armas e Intervenções

Grupo de Participantes / Braço
Intervenção / Tratamento
Experimental: dCBT-I + dCI group
Potential subjects will receive therapist-guided digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and digital circadian intervention.

For the combined dCBT-I + dCI program, additional circadian intervention will be included to support entrainment of the biological clock. These components include circadian education, strategies to gradually advance circadian phase, advice on morning sunlight exposure, and components of social rhythm therapy to establish a consistent daily sleep routine (e.g., consistent meal times and exercise).

The digital intervention will be implemented through a therapist-guided using motivational interviewing approach. Participants will be motivated to advance their sleep schedule by following fixed daytime activities using motivational interviewing techniques to support their autonomy and self-efficacy in making behavioral changes

Comparador Ativo: dCBT-I group
Potential subjects will receive therapist-guided digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.
Digital CBT-I has been developed by our group based on a well-established framework that includes sleep education, behavioral strategies such as stimulus control and sleep restriction, constructive worry strategies, cognitive restructuring, relaxation training and sleep hygiene education. For the dCBT-I alone group, therapists will primarily review participants' sleep schedule, setting sleep restriction window, and problem-solving efforts.
Comparador Ativo: d-HE group
Potential subjects will receive digital health education.
Participants in the control group will be app-based general health education with an equivalent dosage as the two intervention groups. To control for therapist contact time, the health education control group will also receive brief telephone follow-up sessions that focus solely on reviewing the content of the educational modules, without incorporating any active sleep-related intervention strategies.

O que o estudo está medindo?

Medidas de resultados primários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Change in clinician-rated depressive symptom severity measured by the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD-17)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD-17) is a clinician-administered rating scale used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms. Total scores range from 0 to 52, with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptom severity and a worse outcome.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up

Medidas de resultados secundários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Changes of healthcare utility and disease impairment between baseline and follow ups
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
measure the healthcare cost related to disease and the associated impairment
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in self-reported depressive symptom severity measured by the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a self-report questionnaire used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms. Total scores range from 0 to 27, with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptom severity and a worse outcome.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in depressive symptom severity measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale depression subscale (HADS-D)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Depressive symptom severity will be assessed using the depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D). Total scores range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptom severity and a worse outcome.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in anxiety symptom severity measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale anxiety subscale (HADS-A)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Anxiety symptom severity will be assessed using the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A). Total scores range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater anxiety symptom severity and a worse outcome.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Incidence of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders (SCID-5)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Major depressive disorder (MDD) will be assessed using the clinician-administered Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders (SCID-5). The outcome will indicate whether the participant meets DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for MDD at each assessment time point.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in resilience measured by the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) is a self-report questionnaire used to assess resilience. Each of the 10 items is rated from 0 to 4 and summed to produce a total score ranging from 0 to 40. Higher scores indicate greater resilience and a better outcome.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in insomnia symptom severity measured by the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) is a self-report questionnaire used to assess the severity of insomnia symptoms. Total scores range from 0 to 28, with higher scores indicating greater insomnia symptom severity and a worse outcome.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in chronotype measured by the Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) and Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The MCTQ assesses individual sleep-wake timing and chronotype based on habitual sleep patterns on workdays and free days, while the MEQ is a self-report questionnaire used to assess morningness-eveningness preference. Higher MEQ scores indicate greater morning preference.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in biological rhythm disturbance measured by the Traditional Chinese Self-Report Version of the Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (C-BRIAN-SR)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The Traditional Chinese Self-Report Version of the Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (C-BRIAN-SR) is a self-report questionnaire used to assess disturbances in biological rhythms across domains such as sleep, activity, social rhythms, and eating patterns. Total scores range from 18 to 72, with higher scores indicating greater socio-biological rhythm disturbance.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in sleep quality measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a validated 19-item self-report questionnaire that assesses sleep quality and sleep disturbances over the previous month. Higher global scores indicate poorer sleep quality. A PSQI global score greater than 5 is generally indicative of poor sleep quality.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in daytime sleepiness measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is an 8-item self-report questionnaire used to assess the level of daytime sleepiness by evaluating the likelihood of falling asleep in various everyday situations. Higher total scores indicate greater daytime sleepiness.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in health-related quality of life measured by the EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) is a standardized self-report instrument that assesses health status across five dimensions.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in smartphone-based multimodal behavioral and mood measures assessed using an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) smartphone application
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Data will be collected using a modified smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) application, which captures assessments twice daily. The app records facial expression features (including the omega sign), voice characteristics, language use patterns, subjective mood, and subjective energy level to provide a multidimensional assessment of behavioral and emotional functioning.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in stressful life events and perceived stress measured by the Life Experiences Survey (LES)
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
The Life Experiences Survey (LES) is a self-report questionnaire used to assess major life events experienced by an individual and the subjective stress associated with those events.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in physical activity level and timing measured by the Physical Activity Rating for Children and Youth and wearable activity monitoring
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Physical activity will be assessed using the Physical Activity Rating for Children and Youth (PARCY) and a wearable activity monitor. These measures will be used to quantify the level, timing, duration, and intensity of physical activity, which are important factors in circadian regulation.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in sleep-wake patterns measured by 7-day actigraphy and app-based sleep diaries
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Sleep-wake patterns will be assessed using prospective 7-day actigraphy (ActiGraph) and app-based sleep diaries, including sleep duration, bedtime, wake-up time, sleep efficiency, and sleep onset latency.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Change in circadian rhythm measured by 7-day actigraphy and app-based sleep diaries
Prazo: baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up
Circadian rhythm will be assessed using prospective 7-day actigraphy (ActiGraph) and app-based sleep diaries.This will be evaluated through continuous monitoring of rest-activity rhythms, sleep-wake cycles, and physical activity captured by ActiGraph, with circadian metrics derived using nonparametric circadian rhythm analysis.
baseline, 1-week post-intervention follow-up, and 6-month post-intervention follow-up

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Patrocinador

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Ngan Yin Chan, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Datas de registro do estudo

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Datas Principais do Estudo

Início do estudo (Estimado)

1 de setembro de 2026

Conclusão Primária (Estimado)

30 de junho de 2029

Conclusão do estudo (Estimado)

30 de junho de 2029

Datas de inscrição no estudo

Enviado pela primeira vez

19 de junho de 2026

Enviado pela primeira vez que atendeu aos critérios de CQ

29 de junho de 2026

Primeira postagem (Real)

1 de julho de 2026

Atualizações de registro de estudo

Última Atualização Postada (Real)

3 de setembro de 2026

Última atualização enviada que atendeu aos critérios de controle de qualidade

31 de agosto de 2026

Última verificação

1 de agosto de 2026

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Outros números de identificação do estudo

  • 2024.692

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NÃO

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