Student Exercise and Sleep Timing Study - Part 2

This study is looking at how changing when you exercise might affect your sleep, mood, stress, and how productive you are. It focuses on undergraduate students aged 18-23 who usually exercise in the evening (6pm-11pm) and feel their sleep quality is poor. The study will ask participants to switch their exercise routine to the morning (6am-11am). Researchers want to see if this change improves sleep quality and duration, as well as mood (like feeling happier and less anxious). The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status and plans to enroll 62 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 62 healthy undergraduate students.
What's involved
You would be asked to wear a wrist actigraph (a device that tracks movement and sleep) 24/7, except when showering or bathing. The main change would be shifting your exercise from evening to morning.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Sleep quality will be measured at 2 weeks.

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NCT06336590

Student Exercise and Sleep Timing Study - Part 2

Recruiting
NAAges 18–23InterventionalBasic science
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
~62 participants
Updated 2024-11-21 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Morning Exercise

At a glance

Recruiting sites
6 of 6 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Sleep Quality
Measured over 2 weeks
Sleep
Mood
Stress
6 sites across 1 states
New Jersey6
  • Andrea Spaeth, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Healthy undergraduates (18-23 years)
Frequent evening exercisers (6pm-11pm, 3+ times per week)
Poor self-reported sleep quality
Must be willing to wear wrist actigraph 24/7 except when showering/bathing

Exclusion

Sleep/circadian rhythm disorders
Medications for sleep
Inability to change schedule to exercise in AM
Inability to maintain exercise frequency over next 4 weeks
  • Sleep Quality2 weeks

    Determine if, compared to a control condition (maintaining usual schedule), shifting exercise from evening to morning improves sleep (quality and duration). Sleep quality includes variables such as the actigraph measured sleep period, total sleep time, sleep efficiency, and wake after sleep onset. Sleep quality and duration will be measured using wrist actigraphy, specifically the Phillips Actiwatch Spectrum Plus devices. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale will also be utilized to measure sleep quality, where scores range from 0-24 and higher scores signify more exhaustion and poorer sleep quality.