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

NCT ID: NCT02491138

Last Updated: 2018-10-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-07-31

Study Completion Date

2016-12-31

Brief Summary

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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).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sleep Habits Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Standard information

In this arm, participants will receive standard information pamphlets about the benefits of good sleeping habits.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Pamphlets

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Appearance-based intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Appearance-based intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Pamphlets

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18-24 years
* \<7 hours of sleep routinely

Exclusion Criteria

* per-existing medical, sleep, or psychiatric conditions;
* history of substance abuse.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Duke-NUS College

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of St Andrews

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Yale-NUS College

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Yale-NUS College

Singapore, , Singapore

Site Status

Countries

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Singapore

References

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Perucho I, Vijayakumar KM, Talamas SN, Chee MW, Perrett DI, Liu JCJ. A Web-Based Photo-Alteration Intervention to Promote Sleep: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Sep 26;21(9):e12500. doi: 10.2196/12500.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31573913 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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A-15-083

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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