Christine S Gipson1, Jenifer M Chilton2, Suzanne S Dickerson3, Danita Alfred4, Barbara K Haas5. 1. a School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler , Tyler , Texas , USA. 2. b School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler , Tyler , Texas , USA. 3. c Department Chair for Biobehavioral Health and Clinical Sciences , School of Nursing, The University at Buffalo , Buffalo , New York , USA. 4. d Director of the Institute for Integrated Healthcare, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler , Tyler , Texas , USA. 5. e School of Nursing, Associate Dean, College of Nursing & Health Sciences School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler , Tyler , Texas , USA.
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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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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