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Evaluating Worksite Sleep Health Coaching in Firefighters: The Sleep Assistance for Firefighters Study

NCT06684444 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2024-11-12

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Summary

Insufficient sleep is a significant public health issue, particularly affecting shift workers like firefighters, nearly half of whom report short or poor-quality sleep, with 35-40% screening positive for sleep disorders. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) is a recommended and effective treatment, but access to such interventions remains low. This study will recruit 20 fire agencies in Arizona (400 firefighters) to test if a CBTi-informed intervention, including sleep health coaching and agency-wide promotion, improves sleep more effectively than usual care. The trial will also explore factors that influence successful implementation across agencies.

Conditions

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

firefighter Sleep Health Coaching Intervention (ffSHC)

This multi-component intervention is based on principles of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. It includes telephone-based sleep health coaching to individuals, targeted training and sleep health education to fire service leaders, agency-level sleep health promotion, and facilitation strategies to internal facilitators.

BEHAVIORAL

Control (Minimally Enhanced Usual Care)

The control arm is minimally enhanced usual care. Usual care interventions for sleep disturbance include any health or wellness interventions administered by the agency on the topic of sleep, including occupational health intervention, employee assistance programs, education, signage, and webinars. The type and dose of care will be assessed at each timepoint. Minimal enhancement is a referral to the agency's Employee Assistance Program and will address the ethical problem in the control condition of identifying but not treating a sleep disturbance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Arizona

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-21
Primary Completion
2028-03-31
Completion
2028-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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