Maintaining Behavior Change: An Evaluation of a Habit-based Sleep Health Intervention

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Circadian Dysregulation

In brief

The study will test a sleep-health intervention that leverages the science on habit formation. It will evaluate if adding a text messaging intervention improves habit formation. The participants will be 18-30 years old.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05167695

Run by

University of California, Berkeley

People needed

160

Starts

2022-05-04

Expected to finish

2026-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Scoring less than or equal to 26 on the Composite Scale of Morningness OR Mid-point of sleep later than 4:30 AM for 18-24 yo and 3:50 AM for 25-30 yo on work-free/weekend days over the past month OR Night-to-night variation in sleep and wake times across one month of 2 hours or more.
• 'At risk' in one of the five health domains: the emotional domain, the cognitive domain, the behavioral domain, the physical domain and the social domain. "Risk" is defined as scoring 4 or higher on one item from an adapted version of the Work and Social Adjustment Scale.
• Age between 18 and 30.
• English language fluency.
• Able and willing to give informed assent.
• If taking medication for sleep, the dose and frequency of use must have been stable for at least 4 weeks.

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of substance abuse/dependence, mental illness, physical illness, suicidality or developmental disorder only if it makes participation in the study unfeasible or if there is a significant risk of harm and/or decompensation if treatment of that comorbid condition is delayed due to participating in this study.
• Evidence of sleep apnea, restless legs or periodic limb movements during sleep. Youth presenting with provisional diagnoses of any of these disorders will be referred for a non-study polysomnography evaluation and will be enrolled only if the diagnosis is disconfirmed or if the disorder is treated.
• Night shifter worker where the shift is scheduled between the hours of midnight to 6am > 2 nights per week.
• Pregnancy or breast-feeding.

Where it is running

• University of California — Berkeley, California, United States

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