A Web-Based Photo-Alteration Intervention to Promote Sleep: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Receiving insufficient sleep has wide-ranging consequences for health and well-being. Although educational programs have been developed to promote sleep, these have had limited success in extending sleep duration. To address this gap, we developed a Web-based program emphasizing how physical appearances change with varying amounts of sleep.

Objective

The aims of this study were to evaluate (1) whether participants can detect changes in appearances as a function of sleep and (2) whether this intervention can alter habitual sleep patterns.

Methods

We conducted a 5-week, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial among 70 habitual short sleepers (healthy adults who reported having <7 hours of sleep routinely). Upon study enrollment, participants were randomly

SUBMITTER: Perucho I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7017650 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature