Evaluating the impact of a sleep health education and a personalised smartphone application on sleep, productivity and healthcare utilisation among employees: results of a randomised clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We evaluated an online Sleep Health and Wellness (SHAW) programme paired with dayzz, a personalised sleep training programme deployed via smartphone application (dayzz app) that promotes healthy sleep and treatment for sleep disorders, among employees at a large healthcare organisation.

Design

Open-label, randomised, parallel-group controlled trial.

Setting

A healthcare employer in the USA.

Participants

1355 daytime workers.

Intervention

Participants were randomised to intervention (n=794) or control (n=561) on consent. Intervention participants received the SHAW educational programme at baseline plus access to the personalised dayzz app for up to 9 months. The control condition received the intervention at month 10.

Primary and secondary o

SUBMITTER: Robbins R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476153 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature