Developing a Sleep Health Intervention for Shift Workers
Oregon State University
Summary
The aim of this study is to pilot test a comprehensive, personalized, media-augmented telehealth intervention ("SWISH") designed to improve sleep health among shift workers.
Description
Night shift nurses with insomnia who meet all study criteria will receive insomnia therapy, modified for shift workers that is designed to improve sleep health among shift workers by targeting shift workers' unique sleep health problems which manifest during both sleep and wake. Participants will be randomized to either SWISH, a multicomponent behavioral intervention based on cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia that is individually administered via telehealth across approximately weekly sessions that range in length from 30-60 minutes, or delayed treatment control, which will involve wee…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form * Any gender; Ages 18-65 * Currently employed as a nurse or nursing staff member (e.g., CNA) in the United States * Currently have shift work schedules (i.e., stable night shift or rotating shifts that include nights, \>=2 nights/week) and have worked shift work \>=2 nights/week for at least 3 months * Expect to have a shift work schedule \>=2 nights/week over the next 6 months * endorse poor sleep, as evidenced by T-score \>=60 on the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance OR Sleep-Related Impairment measure * Have daily access to t…
Interventions
- BehavioralShift Worker Intervention for Sleep Health
SWISH, a multicomponent behavioral intervention based on cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia that is individually administered via telehealth across nine approximately weekly sessions that range in length from 15-60 minutes
Location
- Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon