Research Framework Exploring Sleep Health

Purpose

This is a digital health study in which participants are recruited to collect sleep and activity data from digital activity trackers. We are also collecting survey/questionnaire data on baseline health and sleep characteristics as well as bi-weekly assessments of sleep quality and mood. Overall, we aim to examine how sleep relates to physical and mental health in a large population of activity tracker users.

Conditions

  • Sleep
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Obesity
  • Mood

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age ≥ 18 years - Residing within the United States - Ability to use the REFRESH app on the participant's own smartphone device

Exclusion Criteria

  • In-ability to consent

Study Design

Phase
Study Type
Observational
Observational Model
Cohort
Time Perspective
Prospective

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
High risk OSA Cohort of individuals found to sleep have scores categorized as "High risk," on the Berlin questionnaire.
Low risk OSA Cohort of individuals found to sleep have scores categorized as "Low risk," on the Berlin questionnaire.
Short sleepers Cohort of individuals found to have average sleep duration of < 7 hours per night. Individuals who sleep on average less than 6 hours per night will further be sub-categorized as very short sleeprs.
Long sleepers Cohort of individuals found to have average sleep duration of >9 hours per night.
Average lengths leepers Cohort of individuals found to have an average sleep duration between 7 and 9 hours per night
Regular sleepers Cohort of individuals whose standard deviation of sleep duration falls within 1 standard deviation of their mean sleep duration.
Irregular sleepers Cohort of individuals whose standard deviation of sleep duration falls greater than 1 standard deviation of their mean sleep duration
Severe insomnia risk Cohort of individuals whose scores on the Insomnia Severity Index would be categorized as severe
Moderate insomnia risk Cohort of individuals whose scores on the Insomnia Severity Index would be categorized as moderate
No insomnia risk Cohort of individuals whose scores on the Insomnia Severity Index would be categorized as low
Increased social jet lag Individuals who are more than 1 hour less or more of sleep on weekdays compared to average weekend sleep.

Recruiting Locations

Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla 5363943, California 5332921 92037
Contact:
Stuti J Jaiswal, MD, PhD

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Scripps Translational Science Institute

Study Contact

Stuti Jaiswal, MD, PhD
858-784-2169
stuti@scripps.edu