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Research type
Research Study
Full title
Sleep Intervention Effectiveness Study Tailored for Adult Inpatients. Co-designing a low-intensity sleep intervention for adults in a psychiatric inpatient setting.
IRAS ID
332439
Contact name
Joe Millar
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 9 months, 30 days
Research summary
Many people admitted to hospital with mental health problems have poor sleep. This
can be due to noise, ward routines, medication side-effects and other issues. Poor
sleep makes mental health problems worse.Currently, the recommended treatment for people with poor sleep is an intensive
talking therapy. However, some people with mental health problems in hospital
struggle to engage with talking therapies. Sleep medication can have unpleasant
side-effects such as daytime sleepiness and addiction. We need a new sleep intervention that does not require as much motivation as talking therapy and does not have the side-effects of sleep medication. This intervention would allow more patients to have better sleep in hospital and improve their mental health. In the long term, it could lead to faster recovery and less time in hospital.Our research team who will make decisions and run the project includes patients with
lived experience of mental health problems and poor sleep in hospital, as well as
healthcare professionals and academics. Together, we will work with other patients,
healthcare professionals, and carers in two stages to design the new sleep intervention.We will open this study to patients with a range of characteristics such as age,
gender and diagnosis to make sure we hear a wide range of views on sleep. This will
help us design an intervention that is likely to help a greater number of different
people. We will also invite carers and a range of healthcare professionals, such as nurses, doctors and occupational therapists, to contribute to the intervention design.REC name
London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/PR/0071
Date of REC Opinion
20 Mar 2025
REC opinion
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