Does improving sleep lead to better mental health? A protocol for a meta-analytic review of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sleep and mental health go hand-in-hand, with many, if not all, mental health problems being associated with problems sleeping. Although sleep has been traditionally conceptualised as a secondary consequence of mental health problems, contemporary views prescribe a more influential, causal role of sleep in the formation and maintenance of mental health problems. One way to evaluate this assertion is to examine the extent to which interventions that improve sleep also improve mental health.

Method and analysis

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) describing the effects of interventions designed to improve sleep on mental health will be identified via a systematic search of four bibliographic databases (in addition to a search for unpublished literature). Hedges' <

SUBMITTER: Scott AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623526 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature