Shift Worker Intervention for Sleep Health

Last updated: April 29, 2025
Sponsor: Oregon State University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Narcolepsy

Treatment

Shift Worker Intervention for Sleep Health

Clinical Study ID

NCT06384742
HE-2023-505
K23HL157698
  • Ages 18-65
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The aim of this study is to pilot test a comprehensive, personalized, media-augmented telehealth intervention ("SWISH") designed to improve sleep health among shift workers.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Provision of signed and dated informed consent form

  • Any gender; Ages 18-65

  • Currently employed as a nurse or nursing staff member (e.g., CNA) in the UnitedStates

  • Currently have shift work schedules (i.e., stable night shift or rotating shiftsthat include nights, >=2 nights/week) and have worked shift work >=2 nights/week forat least 3 months

  • Expect to have a shift work schedule >=2 nights/week over the next 6 months

  • endorse poor sleep, as evidenced by T-score >=60 on the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance ORSleep-Related Impairment measure

  • Have daily access to the internet on a smartphone, table, or computer; and

  • Can read and write in English.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Conditions which make study treatment likely to be ineffective. For example, currentchronic use of medications that interfere with sleep, alcohol or substance usedisorder, or thought disorder (as determined by DIAMOND psychiatric interview),unstable sleep or medical conditions that necessitate additional medical care notprovided by study treatments (e.g., known untreated sleep apnea).

  • Presence of safety risk or condition in which study participation may result inincreased risk to safety (e.g., elevated risk for suicide, self-reporteduncontrolled seizure disorder, history of manic or hypomanic episode, currentpregnancy),

  • Currently receiving non-pharmacological treatment for insomnia (e.g., cognitivebehavioral therapy for insomnia) and/or current unstable hypnotic/alertingmedication use OR

  • Currently participating in other research studies with substantial overlap in termsof methods/procedures (e.g., PI's ongoing study "Piloting an Adaptation of CognitiveBehavioral Therapy for Insomnia for Shift Workers (CBTI-Shift)"

Study Design

Total Participants: 60
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Shift Worker Intervention for Sleep Health
Phase:
Study Start date:
April 28, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
January 15, 2028

Study Description

Night shift nurses with insomnia who meet all study criteria will receive insomnia therapy, modified for shift workers that is designed to improve sleep health among shift workers by targeting shift workers' unique sleep health problems which manifest during both sleep and wake. Participants will be randomized to either SWISH, a multicomponent behavioral intervention based on cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia that is individually administered via telehealth across approximately weekly sessions that range in length from 30-60 minutes, or delayed treatment control, which will involve weekly assessments but no active treatment until the delay period is over, at which point they will be offered the intervention. The therapy will be conducted over telehealth by interventionists trained in behavioral sleep medicine.

Connect with a study center

  • Oregon State University

    Corvallis, Oregon 97331-1102
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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