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Sleep coaching by phone did not clearly steady bed and wake times

Who it’s about: Adults, People with a health condition

An adult in checked pyjamas sits on a bed holding up a crescent-moon lantern that swings from side to side.
  1. No difference

    Weekly sleep lessons, coach-set sleep goals and tracker feedback did not steady bed and wake times more than health emails.

    Very small randomised trial of 14 adults with type 1 diabetes and poor sleep · vs weekly health emails and short calls without sleep advice · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ summary claims more than the results show; groups weren't properly compared

The study

Who took part

14 adults in Chicago, USA, with type 1 diabetes. They were 19 to 42, about 30 on average. All said they slept too little or at uneven times. A wrist tracker showed this was true for only 8 of them.

What they did

For 8 weeks, one group read a short sleep lesson by email each week. They also had a short weekly call with a sleep coach to set sleep goals, and wore a sleep tracker. The other group got weekly health emails and a 5-minute weekly call with nothing about sleep.

What happened

In the 8 people with real sleep problems, bed and wake times got about 25 minutes more even in the coaching group. In the other group they got about 2 minutes more even. With so few people, this gap was too unsure to count. The paper's summary claims more than its results, and the 8 people were picked out after the study.

Source

Sleep-Opt-In: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study to Improve Sleep and Glycemic Variability in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes (2022)

DOI: 10.1177/26350106221136495

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