Ai Youmian (Love Better Sleep) for People Living With HIV

Summary

People living with HIV (PLWH) frequently report sleep disturbances. The social rhythm theory, which proposes that stressful life events can interfere with sleep by disrupting the stability of daily routines, provides new insights into identifying predictors of sleep disturbances and improving sleep in PLWH. This study is a randomized controlled trial. PLWH with poor self-reported sleep quality (Pittsburgh sleep quality index\>7) was randomly divided into a control group or an intervention group. The control group receives the usual care, that is, daily disease management and routine drug guidance (set as waitlist). The intervention group received a sleep promotion intervention program based on social rhythm theory, along with daily disease management and routine drug guidance. The intervention period was 8 weeks, once a week, and the duration of each intervention was about 40-60 minutes. The sleep-related outcome indicators were measured before the intervention (T0), immediately after the intervention (T1), and 3 months after the intervention (T2), and the participants' social rhythm, daytime sleepiness, sleep belief and attitude, depression, etc. were evaluated to verify the effects of the intervention. At the same time, participants who insisted on completing all intervention modules were selected from the intervention group after the end of the whole study. Self-designed satisfaction questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to understand the participants' experience and feedback on the intervention program. In addition, the investigator asked the reasons for the withdrawal of participants who withdrew from the study through an interview during the outcome period.

Conditions

• Sleep
• HIV Infections

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

8-week interpersonal and social rhythm intervention

The development of the intervention strategies are based on social rhythm theory, interpersonal and social rhythm therapy, and previous research results, and the intervention aims to improve sleep by stabilizing participants' social rhythm and increasing the amount of interpersonal communication.

OTHER

Usual care

Control group participants received usual care, including daily disease management and routine drug guidance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Central South University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jingjing MENG · Central South University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-09-28

Primary Completion

2022-08-31

Completion

2022-08-31

Countries

• China

Study Locations