Clinical trial NCT06306495: Insomnia, Physical Activity Level and Stress Level
Official title: Examination of Insomnia, Physical Activity Level and Stress Level in University Students
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Keywords: insomnia
physical activity
stress level
Lead sponsor: Halic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-12
Enrollment: 473
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The population of the study is university education in the Marmara Region. consists of continuing students. The study sample consists of associate and undergraduate students studying in the field of Health Sciences, between the ages of 18-25, who continue their university education in Istanbul and Yalova.

Brief summary: Insomnia is a common, acute, intermittent, or chronic complaint of unwanted sleep difficulties characterized by sleep disturbance. Important risk factors leading to insomnia: advanced age, poor health, work stress, shift work, loss of a loved one, divorce, domestic violence, excessive anxiety, repressed personality, perfectionism, neuroticism, alcohol and substance abuse, excessive caffeine intake, excessive smoking, low socio-economic status and low physical activity level. Research shows that college students face more sleep problems than the general public. Factors that disrupt the sleep hygiene of university students; Students' excessive use of computers during lecture and exam periods, exposure to lights and screens for long periods of time, and environmental changes. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of insomnia in healthy individuals after the start of face-to-face education in university students after the pandemic period and to determine the physical activity associated with insomnia in this population group. Examining levels and other behavioral factors. The research was conducted on students studying at Istanbul Rumeli University, Haliç University and Yalova University between March 2022 and August 2022. It will be held online via Google Forms with students between the ages of 18-25. Study data will be collected with the International Physical Activity Survey, Demographic Data Form, Sleep Hygiene Index, Distress Tolerance Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. An application will be made to obtain approval from the Haliç University Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee. Informed consent will be obtained from people participating in the research. Statistical analysis of the data will be done with IBM SPSS 23.0 software.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Between the ages of 18-25,
* Associate and undergraduate students studying in the field of health sciences
* Agreeing to participate in the study,
* Native speaker of Turkish,
* Male and female individuals

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusing to participate in the study,
* Having a diagnosed psychiatric illness,
* Using any medical medication that affects sleep
* Having a health condition that prevents physical activity,
* Be missing data

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of insomnia in university students
timeFrame: 17 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The effect of insomnia on physical activity level
timeFrame: 17 months
measure: The effect of insomnia on stress levels in university students
timeFrame: 17 months
measure: Effects of sleep hygiene on insomnia in university students
timeFrame: 17 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Halic University
Study officials:
affiliation: Halic University
name: Özge Ökcü, phdc
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
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