The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention Based on Self-help for Sleep Hygiene Promotion on Patients With Insomnia

The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention Based on Self-help for Sleep Hygiene Promotion on Patients With Insomnia

The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention Based on Self-help for Sleep Hygiene Promotion on Employees of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

This plan will be implemented on the staff of the Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. The Insomnia Severity Index questionnaire will be used to screen for insomnia and low sleep health. This questionnaire is provided online to the staff through communication channels such as telegrams to help people who are interested in participating in this research. Individuals who scored more than 8 were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups and completed the Insomnia Index Index. The intervention group will then receive an app-based educational intervention designed to improve sleep hygiene. Control group: Participants in the control group perform routine activities. The intervention and control group will fill out the relevant questionnaire one and three and six months after the completion of the training to assess the impact of the intervention online.

Intervention group: They will receive an educational app designed to improve sleep, and will receive self-help training in a six-week training package.

Patients will receive written weekly information on accurate and relevant information regarding insomnia symptoms, physiological controls of sleep, sleep hygiene practices, healthy sleep behaviors

This intervention lasts for six weeks. The intervention is App-based and mainly consists of the most potent CBT techniques as well Health action process approach. Weekly feedback is provided by health psychologists.

Participants in the PE group will receive written weekly information on accurate and relevant information regarding insomnia symptoms, physiological controls of sleep, sleep hygiene practices, healthy sleep behaviors

The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index includes seven components of subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, the use of sleep medications and day time dysfunctions provide a total score of these seven components that allows us to better understand the quality and quantity of one's sleep. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index is a self-reporting instrument consisting of nine questions designed to measure the quality of sleep disorders in a period of one month. The scale scores range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating poor quality of sleep and scores less than 5 considered as high quality of sleep

Sleep hygiene behaviour will use three items to measure how many days the participants had good sleep hygiene. behaviour.

Zigmond and Snaith developed the 14-item HADS to measure the anxiety (7 items) and depression (7 items) of patients with both somatic and mental problems. The response descriptors of all items are Yes, definitely (score 3); Yes, sometimes (score 2); No, not much (score 1); No, not at all (score 0); except for items 7 and 10, which are scored reversely. A higher score represents higher levels of anxiety and depression: a domain score of 11 or greater indicates anxiety or depression; 8-10 indicates borderline case; 7 or lower indicates no signs of anxiety or depression. The two-factor framework of the HADS has been supported in cancer patients.

Psychological predictors of sleep hygiene behavior (intention, planning, outcome expectancies,Habit,Self-monitoring,Self-efficacy)

psychological predictors of sleep hygiene behavior will be assessed using a using a self-reported measure. All items are rated on a Likert-type scale, ranging from 1 to 5.

Inclusion Criteria: Clinical level of Insomnia (more than 10 on ISI) Meets criteria for Insomnia according to DSM-IV-TR Enough language skills Have access to an Android smartphone or a desktop computer with Internet access Participants will be required to sign an informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: Uncontrolled medical condition suspected to interfere with sleep or requiring immediate treatment outside of the study Alcohol/drugs abuse Participation in other trials concurrently pregnancy having children under 2 years old Not having an internet-connected computer, cellular phone or tablet Working night shifts Somatic or psychiatric conditions requiring acute care

Rajabi Majd N, Brostrom A, Ulander M, Lin CY, Griffiths MD, Imani V, Ahorsu DK, Ohayon MM, Pakpour AH. Efficacy of a Theory-Based Cognitive Behavioral Technique App-Based Intervention for Patients With Insomnia: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Apr 1;22(4):e15841. doi: 10.2196/15841.