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A Web-Based Photo-Alteration Intervention to Promote Sleep: Randomized Controlled Trial
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- JMIR Publications Inc., 2019.
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Abstract
- BackgroundReceiving 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.ObjectiveThe 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.MethodsWe conducted a 5-week, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial among 70 habitual short sleepers (healthy adults who reported having ResultsIn total, 35 participants were assigned to each group. Validating the intervention, participants in the appearance group (1) were able to identify what they looked like at baseline and (2) judged that they would look more attractive with a longer sleep duration (t26=10.35, PConclusionsOur findings suggest that an appearance-based intervention, while not sufficient as a stand-alone, could have an adjunctive role in sleep promotion.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02491138; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT02491138.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Sleep Wake Disorders
medicine.medical_specialty
BF Psychology
NDAS
BF
Health Informatics
Health Promotion
Human physical appearance
Outward appearance
law.invention
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Randomized controlled trial
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Intervention (counseling)
Body Image
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
sleep
Public health
Internet
Original Paper
Sleep hygiene
physical appearance
business.industry
public health
outward appearance
Actigraphy
Middle Aged
Sleep patterns
Face
Linear Models
Physical therapy
Female
Perception
Sleep (system call)
Sleep
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Physical appearance
Sleep duration
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14388871
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a862a9cdd9153019d11d84dfed682cc0