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
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
85041893185 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85041893185
STARS Citation
McCabe, Brian E.; Troy, Adam S.; Patel, Hersila H.; Halstead, Valerie; and Arana, Mayra, "Development Of A University Campus Healthy Sleep Promotion Program" (2018). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 9258.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/9258