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Abstract
Objective
Establish the feasibility and acceptability of Sleep Scholar, a single-session, self-guided, internet-based insomnia intervention.
Participants
College students with a lifetime history of suicide ideation and at least subclinical insomnia symptoms.
Methods
Participants (N = 38) completed pretreatment sleep diaries, Sleep Scholar, and post-treatment feasibility, acceptability, and clinical measures.
Results
Approximately 33 students could be recruited per semester, the overall attrition rate was 47%, Sleep Scholar was completed in approximately 30 minutes, and the majority of treatment information was retained. Participants reported positive acceptability and satisfaction, and approximately half of participants adhered to their prescribed time in bed recommendations. Most clinical measures had adequate variability and internal consistency, and post-hoc analyses revealed clinically significant reductions in several mental health symptoms.
Conclusions
Sleep Scholar is feasible in college settings, acceptable for college students, and produced reductions in mental health symptoms during an uncontrolled trial. Implications for a randomized-controlled trial are discussed.
Conflict of interest disclosure
The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. The authors confirm that the research presented in this article met the ethical guidelines, including adherence to the legal requirements, of the United States of America and received approval from the Institutional Review Board of Auburn University.
Notes
1 The full-text version of intervention is available upon request of the authors.
2 We also examined whether attrition differed depending upon whether assessments were completed during or between academic semesters and found no differences in participation rates.