Does reading a book in bed make a difference to sleep in comparison to not reading a book in bed? The People’s Trial—an online, pragmatic, randomised trial

Trials

Sarah Chapman¹  Mary Frances O’Reilly²  Heidi Gardner³  Shaun Treweek³  Katie Gillies³  Anna Noel-Storr⁴  John Newell⁵  Kishor Das⁵  Patricia Healy⁶  Linda Biesty⁶  Sandra Galvin⁷  Elaine Finucane⁸  Declan Devane⁹  Ann O’Brien^1,10  Paul Wicks^1,11 

[1] Cochrane UK, hosted by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and funded by the National Institute for Health Research, London, UK;Formerly - Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit, West Mid-West, Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, Ireland;Health Services Research Unit, Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen, Forester Hill, AB25 2ZD, Aberdeen, UK;Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network, School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network, School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Evidence Synthesis Ireland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network, School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Evidence Synthesis Ireland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Cochrane Ireland, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network, School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Wicks Digital Health, Lichfield, England, UK;

关键词: Randomised trial;    Public engagement;    Online;    Methodology;    Research co-production;    Sleep;    We wrote this report using a plain language format. We did this in response to how people told us they wanted the results of The Reading Trial to be shared (phase vii of The People’s Trial).;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13063-021-05831-3

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe best way of comparing healthcare treatments is through a randomised trial. In a randomised trial, we compare something (a treatment or intervention) to something else, often another treatment. Who gets what is decided at random, meaning everyone has an equal chance of getting any of the treatments. This means any differences found can be put down to the treatment received rather than other things, such as where people live, or health conditions they might have.The People’s Trial aimed to help the public better understand randomised trials by inviting them to design and carry out a trial. The question chosen by the public for The People’s Trial was:‘Does reading a book in bed make a difference to sleep, in comparison to not reading a book in bed?’This paper describes that trial, called ‘The Reading Trial’.MethodsThe Reading Trial was an online, randomised trial. Members of the public were invited to take part through social media campaigns. People were asked to either read a book in bed before going to sleep (intervention group) or not read a book in bed before going to sleep (control group). We asked everyone to do this for 7 days, after which they measured their sleep quality.ResultsDuring December 2019, a total of 991 people took part in The Reading Trial, half (496 (50%)) in the intervention group and half (495 (50%)) in the control group. Not everyone finished the trial: 127 (25.6%) people in the intervention group and 90 (18.18%) people in the control group.Of those providing data, 156/369 (42%) people in the intervention group felt their sleep improved, compared to 112/405 (28%) of those in the control group, a difference of 14%. When we consider how certain we are of this finding, we estimate that, in The Reading Trial, sleep improved for between 8 and 22% more people in the intervention group compared to the control group.ConclusionsReading a book in bed before going to sleep improved sleep quality, compared to not reading a book in bed.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04185818. Registered on 4 December 2019.

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