Recruiting

Psychoeducational Sleep Intervention

Sponsor:

Northern Arizona University

Code:

NCT07765849

Conditions

Sleep

Executive Functioning

Sleep Hygiene

Health Literacy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Psychoeducational Sleep Intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

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:

  • College students with poor sleep quality will have lower executive functioning
  • College students who participate in a brief educational sleep intervention will have more improvements in sleep health literacy compared to college students who do not
  • College students who participate in a brief educational sleep intervention will have more improvements in sleep quality compared to college students who do not
  • College students who participate in a brief educational sleep intervention will have more improvements in executive functioning compared to college students who do not.

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:

  • Complete a pre-intervention survey
  • Respond to a post-intervention survey six weeks after the pre-intervention survey
  • Be randomly assigned to watch a 30-to 45-minute psychoeducational sleep lecture video either during the pre-intervention survey or after the post-intervention survey

Conditions

Sleep

Executive Functioning

Sleep Hygiene

Health Literacy

Study ID

NCT07765849

Start date

Sep 23, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student in a U.S. college or university
  • Have English language proficiency
  • Have internet access
  • Have an electronic device to complete an online survey

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having a diagnosed sleep-wake disorder
  • Having a history of treatment for sleep difficulties

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Wait-List Control Group

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.

experimental: Psychoeducational Sleep Intervention

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.

Interventions

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.

Primary outcome measure

  • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [ Time Frame: This will be administered at enrollment (pre-intervention), and again in 6-weeks (post-intervention) ]
  • Barkely Deficits in Executive Functioning-Short Form [ Time Frame: This will be administered at enrollment (pre-intervention), and again in 6-weeks (post-intervention) ]
  • Sleep Health Literacy Scale [ Time Frame: This will be administered at enrollment (pre-intervention), and again in 6-weeks (post-intervention) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Kiley D Hawkins, B.S.

623-241-2334kh2874@nau.edu

Locations

Northern Arizona University

Recruiting

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85053

Contacts

Kiley D Hawkins

623-241-2334kh2874@nau.edu

Principal Investigator:

Kiley D Hawkins, B.S.

More Information

Sponsor

Northern Arizona University

Last update posted

Sep 28, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • sleep health literacy
  • sleep
  • executive functioning
  • sleep hygiene
  • college students

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-29. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northern Arizona University on 2026-09-28. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.