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Effect of a Sleep Hygiene-based Intervention on Sleep Quality and Mental Health in Medical Students
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: In-person sleep hygiene-based intervention, Online sleep hygiene-based intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Sleep Quality, Mental Health, Students, Medical. Basic parameters: from 18 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
- Mexico
- 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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Official title
Effect of a Sleep Hygiene-based Intervention on Sleep Quality and Mental Health in Medical Students: a Comparison Between In-person and Online Learning
Overview
The aim of the study is to investigate whether an online sleep hygiene programm is as effective as a face-to-face programm in improving sleep quality and mental health in medical students.
Interventions
- Behavioral In-person sleep hygiene-based intervention
The in-person sleep hygiene-based intervention will be delivered in 8 sessions by an sleep expert using digital resources, previously designed and expert validated. During the intervention, the following topics will be covered: (1) sleep hygiene generalities, (2) sleep and environment, (3) sleep and technology, (4) sleep and diet, (5) sleep and excercise, (6) sleep and stimulus control, (7) breathing techniques, (8) mindfulness. The sessions will be delivered twice a week with an approximated du - Behavioral Online sleep hygiene-based intervention
The online sleep hygiene-based intervention will be delivered in 8 sessions through a self-paced educational platform; the content will be the same as in the in-person intervention, but tailored for use in digital learning platforms. The suggest completion time for each session will be 45 minutes. Although its self-paced nature, participants are required to complete it within one month, following the same timeline as the face-to-face arm.
Primary outcome measures
- Sleep quality [Time frame: 6 months]
- Mental health [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Being a medical student enrolled in the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan.
- Having poor sleep quality according to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
- Having at least one electronic device with Internet access.
- Having time availability.
- Having signed the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- Being in their year of Internship or Social Service.
- Being pregnant.
- Having children of any age.
- Being under psychological therapy.
- Regulary consuming sleep, depression or anxiety medication.
- Working the night shift.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Mexico · 1 center
- Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán — Mérida
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07043530 · Fmed-07-25