The Newcastle Sleep Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A qualitative investigation of patients’ lived experience of sleep disruption in primary care
IRAS ID
254587
Contact name
Adam Rathbone
Contact email
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NA, NA
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Sleep disturbances can range from difficulty in falling asleep, maintaining sleep, early morning waking or waking without feeling refreshed. This can lead to difficulty with daytime function causing tiredness, impaired concentration and mood disturbance (American Psychiatric Association 2014). Approximately one third of the population report sleep disturbance symptoms at some point in their life (American Psychiatric Association 2013)(Morphy, et al. 2007) and 10% of the UK population have chronic sleep disturbance (Lamberg 2014). Despite the prevalence of this condition, many patients experience a disconnect between their experiences of illness and their treatment strategy (Davy, Middlemass and Siriwardena 2013). Little is known about patients’ experiences of sleep disruption, what they experience and how they experience it. Understand what sleep disturbance means to the patient and how this impacts daily living and functioning will enable a more personalised and highly patient-centred treatment strategies to be developed.
Research questions include what and how do patients experience sleep disturbance? More specifically the study will focus on how patients' experiences of sleep disturbance influence their experiences regarding treatment and self care. For example, what treatments patients have used and how effective were they and how do these treatments fit into their daily lives in relation to things like side effects.
Study Participants will include adults over 18 years of age conversant in English, with capacity to consent to being in a research study, accessing primary care services in Newcastle and North Tyneside. Participants will be asked to share their experience in one qualitative telephone or face to face interview, with a follow up interview conducted with a random selection of participants to validate the findings of the study. Theoretical data saturation is typically reached between 15-20 participants. This study will recruit until theoretical data saturation is reached or maximum of 25 participants have been recruited.
REC name
London - Brent Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/LO/0668
Date of REC Opinion
3 Dec 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion