Development Of A University Campus Healthy Sleep Promotion Program

Abstract

This article provides a preliminary evaluation of a campus sleep health program for undergraduate university students. In this study, 5 focus groups with 38 undergraduates assessed perceptions about sleep in relationship to college experiences. Additionally, 35 undergraduate students participated in campus sleep improvement workshops, and completed a brief self-report survey before and after the workshop. Results showed five themes emerged from focus groups: (a) Sleep and its impact on academics, (b) Understanding of the importance of sleep, (c) Procrastination and its impact on sleep, (d) Stress, and (e) Sleep and extracurricular/social activities. Based on self-report surveys, there was no improvement in perceived sleep importance, but perceived sleep confidence of undergraduate student-participants increased significantly after the workshop. The sleep health program for undergraduates showed promising results, and should be evaluated using a larger, more rigorous design in future studies.

Publication Date

3-4-2018

Publication Title

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volume

39

Issue

3

Number of Pages

264-268

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2017.1397231

Socpus ID

85041893185 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85041893185

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