The WISE Study (WhatsApp Intervention for Sleep in the Elderly)

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Conditions studied: Loneliness, Insomnia

In brief

Sleep hygiene education is an educational effort to teach healthy sleep habits and behaviors to improve sleep quality, duration, and regularity naturally without the use of medication; however, this approach has not been established in Indonesia. This study aims to establish a sleep hygiene education care model among lonely older adults with insomnia in Indonesia and to examine the immediate effects of the WISE Study (WhatsApp Intervention for Sleep in the Elderly) led by nurses to older adults loneliness with insomnia using a Digital Booklet. In this assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial, participants will be randomly allocated to either the nurse-led WISE experimental group or the control group provided with usual care. The outcomes will include sleep parameters measured using the Indonesian version of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF), Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and sleep diaries. The questionnaires will be assessed at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and one-month follow-up. Generalized estimating equations will be used to test the research hypotheses. Questionnaires will be assessed at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and one-month follow-up. We hypothesized that older adults who were loneliness with insomnia who underwent nurse-led WISE would experience greater improvements in sleep quality compared to participants in a control group who received usual care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07751458

Run by

Halu Oleo University

People needed

50

Starts

2026-07-30

Expected to finish

2026-12-03

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-07

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Elderly individuals diagnosed with loneliness
• Reported experiencing sleep disturbances in the past 2 weeks, either continuously or intermittently
• Experiencing insomnia with a total score of ≥ 8 on the Indonesian version of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) during screening
• Able to communicate in Indonesian

You may not qualify if…

• Elderly individuals with dementia, delirium, severe mental retardation, or cognitive impairment that prevents them from understanding or assessing their own sleep experience.
• Currently using new sleeping medication/stimulants

Where it is running

• Coastal area — Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

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