Effects of a sleep hygiene text message intervention on sleep in college students |
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| Authors: | Christine S Gipson Jenifer M Chilton Suzanne S Dickerson Danita Alfred Barbara K Haas |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA;2. Department Chair for Biobehavioral Health and Clinical Sciences, School of Nursing, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA;3. Director of the Institute for Integrated Healthcare, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA;4. School of Nursing, Associate Dean, College of Nursing &5. Health Sciences School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA |
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| Abstract: | Objective: To test the effectiveness of a text-message intervention to promote sleep hygiene to improve sleep in young adult college students. Participants: A convenience sample of undergraduate students from one Southwestern university (n = 96), 18–26 years old, recruited in August 2015. Methods: A 2-group pretest-posttest experimental design assigned participants to receive biweekly text messages about sleep hygiene or healthy behaviors for 6 weeks. Survey questions addressed sleep knowledge, sleep hygiene, self-efficacy for sleep hygiene, and sleep quality at baseline and posttest. Results: Though not significant, sleep quality, sleep hygiene, and sleep knowledge improved in both groups. Conclusions: Self-efficacy for sleep hygiene is a modifiable factor that may serve to improve sleep quality. Sleep quality improved in both groups. Text messaging is a feasible approach to delivering an intervention to promote healthy behaviors among young adults. |
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| Keywords: | Self-efficacy sleep sleep quality young adults |
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