Brief Behavioral Intervention to Maintain Sleep Regularity in Young Adults Over the Christmas Break
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Brief behavioural intervention, Health education.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Sleep. Basic parameters: 18 years — 24 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
- Hong Kong
- 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
REST Trial: Effects of a Brief Behavioral Intervention to Maintain Sleep Regularity in Young Adults Over the Christmas Break
Overview
This study will employ a randomized controlled trial design to investigate the effects of a brief behavioral intervention that includes (1) self-recording of a regularity-focused sleep diary, (2) 10 strategies for maintaining sleep regularity, and (3) a sleep education information sheet on the maintenance of sleep regularity in young adults during the Christmas break.
Interventions
- Behavioral Brief behavioural intervention
Participants will receive a brief behavioural intervention comprising a regularity-focused sleep diary, 10 tips for maintaining sleep regularity, and a sleep education information sheet. The regularity-focused sleep diary is designed to emphasize in-bed and out-of-bed times, drawing participants' attention to their sleep regularity. Participants will be provided with a yellow marker to highlight their sleep periods. The 10 tips for maintaining sleep regularity include establishing a consistent o - Behavioral Health education
Participants will receive general health information without specific emphasis on sleep, such as weight control, smoking cessation, etc.
Primary outcome measures
- Sleep regularity [Time frame: From baseline assessment to the end of intervention at 3 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Severity of depression [Time frame: From baseline assessment to the end of intervention at 3 weeks]
- Severity of anxiety [Time frame: From baseline assessment to the end of intervention at 3 weeks]
- Work and social functioning [Time frame: From baseline assessment to the end of intervention at 3 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Young adults aged 18-24 years;
- Will stay in Hong Kong during the study period;
- Will not engage in any activities that require a fixed sleep or wake-up time (e.g., work or study during the holiday period) as these activities could regularize the sleep schedule and potentially contaminate the results.
Exclusion criteria
- Have been in a different time zone within two weeks before the baseline assessment;
- Diagnosed with circadian rhythm disorders such as delayed sleep-wake phase disorder (DSWD), advanced sleep-wake phase disorder (ASWD), irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorder (ISWRD), and non-24-hour sleep-wake rhythm disorder (N24WSD);
- Diagnosed with sleep disorders that directly/indirectly interfere with sleep regularity (e.g., insomnia, sleep apnea);
- Use of medications or treatment that may influence sleep regularity (e.g., hypnotics, antidepressants);
- Diagnosed with serious physical or mental diseases such as cancer, end-stage liver or kidney diseases, schizophrenia, and psychosis.
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
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- Hong Kong Baptist University — Kowloon City
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07056179 · 20250606_REST · REC/24-25/0554