Effects of a Workplace-Based Sleep Health Program on Sleep in Members of the German Armed Forces.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To develop and evaluate a brief manual-based sleep health program within the workplace health promotion of the German Armed Forces.

Methods

The sleep health program comprised four weekly group sessions. Sixty-three members (48 males) were randomly allocated to either a treatment group or a waiting control group matching for age, sex, and baseline Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The control group had to wait before participating in the sleep health program until the treatment group finished the intervention. Sleep was assessed by ambulatory polysomnography (PSG) as well as with evening and morning protocols at baseline (t0), directly after the treatment group participated in the sleep health program (t1), and after the control group finished participat

SUBMITTER: Sauter C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6411175 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature