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Sleep Chatbot Intervention for Emerging Black/African American Adults
Sponsor: University of Delaware
Summary
Unhealthy sleep and cardiometabolic risk are two major public health concerns in emerging Black/African American (BAA) adults. Evidence-based sleep interventions such as cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) are available but not aligned with the needs of this at-risk group. Innovative work on the development of an artificial intelligence sleep chatbot using CBT-I guidelines will provide scalable and efficient sleep interventions for emerging BAA adults.
Official title: Artificial Intelligence Sleep Chatbot in Emerging Black/African American Adults With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: a Feasibility Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 25 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
26
Start Date
2023-09-04
Completion Date
2025-02-05
Last Updated
2026-07-31
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
sleep chatbot
Personalized intervention algorithms will be developed based on CBT-I guidelines, focus group data, individual sleep baseline information and self-reported prioritized sleep goals. The CBT-I intervention will focus on principles of sleep restriction and stimulus control, with other CBT-I components used as on-demand content. The sleep chatbot system will facilitate sleep goal-setting with the participant and communicate weekly behavioral prescriptions and educational modules. After baseline data collection, the research coordinator will provide intervention orientation and set up the first-week sleep modification goal during the in-person/Zoom meeting. Sleep modification goals in the remaining weeks will be developed through the participant-chatbot interaction. The Chatbot system will send sleep-related information and behavioral reminders/feedback based on the interactive conversation with participants. Participants will also complete a sleep diary prompted by a chatbot.
Locations (1)
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware, United States