The impact of sleep hygiene interventions on master of science in occupational therapy graduate students.

Cicchini, Vanessa and Esmael, Al-Yasah and Nam, Joshua and Napoli, Nicole (2023) The impact of sleep hygiene interventions on master of science in occupational therapy graduate students. Masters thesis, Stanbridge University.

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Abstract

Sleep is an important occupation that impacts our overall health, well-being, and participation in daily life. The way people prepare for and participate in sleep is unique, and many studies do not consider the differences that may present within various groups and populations. Researchers have been raising awareness on the importance of utilizing non-pharmacological approaches for improving sleep (Gutman et al., 2017). Given that sleep is a universal occupation, further studies that look at how people can make individual changes and adaptations to improve their sleep participation are necessary. As a result, our study aimed at identifying various sleep hygiene practices that would impact the perceived sleep quality and sleep outcomes of our participants. The participants were recruited from all three Stanbridge University Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) cohorts via email. A pre-survey and post-survey were administered via Google Forms assessing participants’ sleep quality, sleep quantity, sleep latency and sleep hygiene practices, before and after participating in several sleep hygiene interventions. Our intervention consisted of a sleep hygiene pamphlet containing information about technology usage, sleep environment, journaling/reading, meditation/prayer, exercising, self-care practices, and diet. Each participant was asked to implement their interventions of choice over the course of two weeks. All responses that were collected were kept anonymous, and there was no compensation for participation in this study. Dedoose was used to help highlight commonalities and differences within our participant responses. Ultimately, this study shed light on some effective sleep hygiene practices that were used by MSOT graduate students.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: MSOTOC012
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Depositing User: Kareena Yashko
Date Deposited: 14 May 2024 23:32
Last Modified: 14 May 2024 23:32
URI: http://repository.stanbridge.edu/id/eprint/125

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