Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
146 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2019-08-19
2023-08-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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H1: Compared to students enrolled in other courses who are not expected to show significant changes in sleep patterns, students enrolled in the sleep course will demonstrate increases in total sleep time, decreases in sleep onset latency, and decreases in nighttime awakenings. In line with Mayer's theoretical model, these sleep-based changes will evidence non-linear (i.e., quadractic) patterns across four time points during the semester.
Aim 2) To evaluate changes in sleep hygiene behaviors across the semester among students enrolled in a sleep course compared to students enrolled in other courses.
H2: Compared to students enrolled in other courses who are not expected to show significant changes in sleep hygiene behaviors, students enrolled in the sleep course will report a decreased frequency of naps, use of electronics within one hour of bed, and an increase in sleep regularity (e.g., reduction in the discrepancy between weekend and weekday wake times) across the four time points during the semester.
Aim 3) To evaluate how sleep patterns relate to daytime mood and energy levels across the semester among students enrolled in a sleep course and other courses.
H3: Greater total sleep time, shorter sleep onset latency, fewer nighttime awakenings, a less discrepancy between weekend and weekday wake times will predict higher energy levels and mood among both groups across the semester.
Aim 4) To evaluate how sleep patterns across the semester predict final course grades among students enrolled in a sleep course.
H4: Students enrolled in the sleep course who demonstrate increases in total sleep time, decreases in sleep onset latency, and decreases in nighttime awakenings across the semester will achieve higher final course grades than students who demonstrate minimal to no improvements in sleep.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Behavior of Sleep Course
A semester-long course focused on sleep improves college students' sleep patterns over one semester. The listed aims of this course are to: 1) provide students with a comprehensive understanding of sleep; 2) afford an overview of the multiple ways sleep impact health, performance and well-being; and 3) to assist students in discovering how their own sleep-wake patterns impact their day to day functioning.
Behavior of Sleep Course
The current study will evaluate whether a semester-long course focused on sleep improves college students' sleep patterns over one semester compared to students completing a similar-level course in the same department (Psychology) at the same university.
Control
Students from other upper level departmental courses with content that does not include a focus on or discussion of sleep
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Behavior of Sleep Course
The current study will evaluate whether a semester-long course focused on sleep improves college students' sleep patterns over one semester compared to students completing a similar-level course in the same department (Psychology) at the same university.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Houston
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Simon Lau
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate
Principal Investigators
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Simon Lau, M.A.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Houston
Locations
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University of Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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STUDY00001775
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id