An interventional study of Psychoeducational Sleep Intervention in Sleep, Executive Functioning and Sleep Hygiene, sponsored by Northern Arizona University. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-28.
Sponsored by Northern Arizona University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if asynchronous psychoeducational sleep intervention works to improve college students' levels of self-reported sleep health literacy, sleep quality, and executive functioning.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Can an educational sleep intervention improve college students' sleep health literacy and sleep quality? Does improved sleep health literacy impact sleep quality? Does improved sleep improve executive functioning in a college student sample?
The hypotheses of the present study include the following:
Researchers will compare the intervention group to a wait-list control group to see if college students who watch the psychoeducational sleep intervention have more improvements in sleep quality, sleep health literacy, and executive functioning than those who do not.
Participants will:
126 studies on the registry are indexed under Sleep Hygiene; 32 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 300 is above the median of 66 across 113 interventional studies indexed under Sleep Hygiene.
Browse Sleep Hygiene studies →Northern Arizona University is the lead sponsor of 33 studies on the registry; 14 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
The wait-list control group will not receive the 30-to 45-minute psychoeducational sleep lecture video prior to completing post-intervention surveys. Participants assigned to this arm will be granted access to the intervention at the conclusion of the post-intervention survey.
Participants assigned to this arm will undergo a 30-to 45-minute psychoeducational sleep lecture video. This video will be embedded in the pre-intervention survey packet.
Behavioral: Psychoeducational Sleep Intervention
The present study uses a 30-to 45-minute psychoeducational sleep lecture that is tailored to college students. The lecture reviews topics such as sleep information, trends among college students, and consequences of poor sleep (e.g., on psychosocial, cognitive, and academic functioning). The lecture also includes information about sleep hygiene and stimulus control instructions to provide students with resources for implementing adaptive sleep hygiene behaviors that promote better sleep and functioning. This intervention will be embedded within the pre-intervention survey packet for participants who are randomly assigned to the intervention arm. Participants assigned to the no intervention arm will be granted access to the intervention at the conclusion of the post-intervention survey packet.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
This is a 19-item self-report questionnaire used to assess sleep quality, sleep onset latency, total duration, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleep medications, and daytime dysfunction.
Time frame: This will be administered at enrollment (pre-intervention), and again in 6-weeks (post-intervention)
Barkely Deficits in Executive Functioning-Short Form
This is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that measures deficits in time management, organization, problem solving, self-restraint, self-motivation, and emotion regulation.
Time frame: This will be administered at enrollment (pre-intervention), and again in 6-weeks (post-intervention)
Sleep Health Literacy Scale
This is a 61-item self-report questionnaire used to measure sleep health communication and sleep health knowledge.
Time frame: This will be administered at enrollment (pre-intervention), and again in 6-weeks (post-intervention)
Behavior Change Questions
These are questions developed by the researcher to assess participants' perceptions of their sleep, knowledge of sleep and sleep hygiene, and their ability to manage day-to-day tasks. These questions will also inquire about specific behavioral/sleep hygiene changes participants intend to make and any barriers to implementing the changes.
Time frame: This will be administered at enrollment (pre-intervention), and again in 6-weeks (post-intervention)
Plan to share: No — IPD will not be shared to preserve participant confidentiality, as outlined in the informed consent document.
Started Sep 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2026, 3 months after the start.
Of 75 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Sleep Hygiene, half reached primary completion within 8 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 18. This study's planned 3 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 79 studies reached it within 8 months; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 18.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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