Student Exercise and Sleep Timing Study - Part 2
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Morning Exercise.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Sleep, Mood, Stress. Basic parameters: 18 years — 23 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a morning exercise intervention on sleep (quality and duration), mood (positive affect, anxiety, depression, anger), stress and productivity among undergraduate students (18-23 years) evening-exercisers with poor self-reported sleep quality. Aim 1. Compared to the control condition, evening-exercisers prescribed morning exercise will exhibit improved sleep quality (increased efficiency, decreased fragmentation) and increased sleep duration. Aim 2. Compared to the control condition, evening-exercisers prescribed morning exercise will exhibit improved mood (increased positive affect, decreased depression, anxiety and anger). Aim 3. Compared to the control condition, evening-exercisers prescribed morning exercise will exhibit decreased stress and increased productivity.
Interventions
- Behavioral Morning Exercise
Exercise is changed from normal (6pm-11pm) exercise to morning (6am-11am) exercise.
Primary outcome measures
- Sleep Quality [Time frame: 2 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Mood [Time frame: 2 weeks]
- Stress [Time frame: 2 weeks]
- Productivity [Time frame: 2 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Healthy undergraduates (18-23 years)
- Frequent evening exercisers (6pm-11pm, 3+ times per week)
- Poor self-reported sleep quality
- Must be willing to wear wrist actigraph 24/7 except when showering/bathing
Exclusion criteria
- Sleep/circadian rhythm disorders
- Medications for sleep
- Inability to change schedule to exercise in AM
- Inability to maintain exercise frequency over next 4 weeks
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
Study locations
United States · 6 centers
- College Avenue Gym — New Brunswick
- Cook/Douglass Rec Center — New Brunswick
- Rutgers Fitness Center — New Brunswick
- Rutgers Sleep Lab — New Brunswick
- Livingston Rec Center — Piscataway
- Werblin Rec Center — Piscataway
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06336590 · Pro2024000249