A Web-Based Photo-Alteration Intervention to Promote Sleep: Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Michael W. L. Chee, Kamalakannan M. Vijayakumar, Isabel Perucho, Jean C. J. Liu, Sean N. Talamas, David I. Perrett |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences, University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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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 |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Internet Research |
| ISSN: | 1438-8871 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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