Well-being Promotion and Sleep Hygiene Education to Improve Sleep Quality
Condition: Poor Quality Sleep
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The overall goal of this project is to evaluate the effect of enhanced psychological
      well-being on sleep quality. This study will demonstrate whether combining an intervention
      designed to promote psychological well-being with sleep hygiene education improves sleep
      quality in a non-clinical population of distressed adults reporting poor sleep in the absence
      of a diagnosed sleep disorder. The investigators expect an intervention combining elements of
      psychological well-being and sleep hygiene education to result in significant improvements in
      sleep quality measures from baseline to post-intervention, and greater improvements in sleep
      quality measures at post-intervention as compared with sleep hygiene education alone.
    

Detailed description: 
      Psychological distress is often associated with poor sleep quality. The role of psychological
      well-being has often been neglected and most interventions for sleep improvement have focused
      primarily on sleep disorders. This approach is limited to those individuals who have specific
      conditions and little resources have been directed to the promotion of sleep quality in the
      general population.

      This study will be a pilot parallel-arm, randomized controlled trial to assess the baseline
      associations between psychological well-being and different measures of sleep outcomes,
      determine the effect of elements of a psychological well-being promoting intervention on
      sleep quality, and examine effect size estimates of key sleep-related outcomes (duration,
      efficiency, quality) to provide essential data to inform a main efficacy trial.
    

Intervention name(s): Well-Being Intervention; Sleep Hygiene
Intervention type(s): Behavioral; Behavioral
Intervention description(s): The main aim of the well-being intervention is to reduce levels of distress through the promotion of psychological well-being. Key components of the intervention are self-monitoring of instances of well-being and what leads to their interruption (i.e., thoughts and behaviors), cognitive restructuring of interfering thoughts, and homework assignments to address dysfunctional behaviors and increase exposure to optimal experiences. Participants will become aware of their functioning based on six different dimensions of psychological well-being (i.e., self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth), and will be guided in finding a balance within each dimension.; The main aim of sleep hygiene education is to provide participants with a set of behavioral and environmental recommendations intended to promote healthy sleep. During the intervention, participants will become aware of their own sleep patterns, will learn about healthy sleep habits, and will be encouraged to follow a set of recommendations to improve their sleep. Key components of the intervention are sleep hygiene and education.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Sleep Quality; Psychological Distress; Psychological Well-Being; Well-Being Therapy; Sleep Hygiene