Dissertation Defense Announcement for Matthew Rietschel
The Educational Technology and Literacy Department invites the university community to a dissertation defense for Matthew Rietschel.
Date of Defense: 04/07/2022
Time of Defense: 12:00 pm
Location: https://towson.webex.com/towson/j.php?MTID=m38a6726a9bd6ba09
Title of Dissertation: STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL TEXT MESSAGING’S IMPACT ON SLEEP QUALITY AND HYGIENE
Committee members: Scot W. McNary (Chair), William Sadera, Sarah Lohnes-Watulak, and Elizabeth Katz
Abstract: Sleep quality is vital to a person’s well-being and overall health. Poor sleep quality can contribute to physical, emotional, academic, and social problems. College students experience more sleep related issues than the general public. This study aims to determine if educational text messages containing information on sleep and sleep hygiene cause a change in sleep quality, sleep hygiene knowledge, self-reported sleep practices, and self-efficacy for sleep hygiene in college students enrolled in a program that prepares them to work in healthcare.
To test the hypothesis that educational text messages effect sleep outcomes and self-efficacy, participants were randomized into two different groups. The intervention group received text messages related to sleep, sleep hygiene, and effects of poor sleep quality. The control group received text messages about mindfulness. The within group analysis found both groups improved in sleep hygiene knowledge and sleep quality, but not in sleep hygiene self-efficacy. While both groups improved post-intervention there was not a statistical difference between the two groups. This study found that the delivery of educational text messages on sleep and mindfulness content is effective in producing positive changes to sleep hygiene practices, sleep quality, and self-efficacy for sleep hygiene even though such an intervention does not improve sleep knowledge.
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