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Effectiveness of Multidomain Dormitory Environment and Roommate Intervention for Improving Sleep Quality of Medical College Students: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in China

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  • Man Li

    (Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651 Dongfeng East Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510060, China
    Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Qing Han

    (Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2ER, UK
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Ziqi Pan

    (Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China)

  • Kailu Wang

    (Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
    Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China)

  • Junqing Xie

    (Centre for Statistics in Medicine and National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre Oxford, NDORMS, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK)

  • Bang Zheng

    (Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
    Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK)

  • Jun Lv

    (Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
    Peking University Center for Public Health and Epidemic Preparedness & Response, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China)

Abstract

Medical students are vulnerable to sleep disorders, which could be further exaggerated by poor dormitory environment and roommate behaviour. However, there is little evidence of whether dormitory environment intervention is effective in improving the sleep quality of medical college students in developing countries. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of a comprehensive multidomain intervention on dormitory environment and roommate behaviour among medical college students in China. In this cluster randomised controlled trial, a total of 106 dormitories (364 students) were randomly allocated into an intervention group (55 dormitories, 193 students) and a control group (51 dormitories, 171 students). The intervention group received a three-month intervention with multiple components to improve or adapt to sleep environments in dormitories; the control group received no intervention. Primary and secondary outcomes were measured at study enrolment and three months later for both groups. The linear mixed-effects models showed that, compared with the control group, the intervention was associated with a significantly decreased Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (β = −0.67, p = 0.012), and a marginally significant effect on reducing roommates’ influence on sleep schedule (β = −0.21, p = 0.066). Students in the intervention group rated “making dormitory sleep rules” and “wearing eye masks” as the most effective intervention measures. These findings could contribute to the limited body of scientific evidence about sleep intervention in Chinese medical students and highlight the importance of dormitory sleep environments in maintaining sleep quality.

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  • Man Li & Qing Han & Ziqi Pan & Kailu Wang & Junqing Xie & Bang Zheng & Jun Lv, 2022. "Effectiveness of Multidomain Dormitory Environment and Roommate Intervention for Improving Sleep Quality of Medical College Students: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-10, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:22:p:15337-:d:978613
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