- Title
- Disseminating sleep education to graduate psychology programs online : a knowledge translation study to improve the management of insomnia
- Creator
- Meaklim, Hailey; Meltzer, Lisa; Rehm, Imogen; Junge, Moira; Monfries, Melissa; Kennedy, Gerard; Bucks, Romola; Graco, Marnie; Jackson, Melinda
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/196985
- Identifier
- vital:18789
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad169
- Identifier
- ISSN:0161-8105 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Study Objectives: Despite the negative impact of poor sleep on mental health, evidence-based insomnia management guidelines have not been translated into routine mental healthcare. Here, we evaluate a state-wide knowledge translation effort to disseminate sleep and insomnia education to graduate psychology programs online using the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) evaluation framework. Methods: Using a non-randomized waitlist control design, graduate psychology students attended a validated 6-hour online sleep education workshop delivered live as part of their graduate psychology program in Victoria, Australia. Sleep knowledge, attitudes, and practice assessments were conducted pre- and post-program, with long-term feedback collected at 12 months. Results: Seven out of ten graduate psychology programs adopted the workshop (adoption rate = 70%). The workshop reached 313 graduate students, with a research participation rate of 81%. The workshop was effective at improving students’ sleep knowledge and self-efficacy to manage sleep disturbances using cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), compared to the waitlist control with medium-to-large effect sizes (all p < .001). Implementation feedback was positive, with 96% of students rating the workshop as very good-to-excellent. Twelve-month maintenance data demonstrated that 83% of students had used the sleep knowledge/skills learned in the workshop in their clinical practice. However, more practical training is required to achieve CBT-I competency. Conclusions: Online sleep education workshops can be scaled to deliver cost-effective foundational sleep training to graduate psychology students. This workshop will accelerate the translation of insomnia management guidelines into psychology practice to improve sleep and mental health outcomes nationwide. © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Sleep Research Society.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Relation
- Sleep Vol. 46, no. 10 (2023), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © The Author(s) 2023
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 31 Biological sciences; 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences; 52 Psychology; CBT-I; Implementation; Insomnia; Knowledge Translation; Medical Education; Mental Health; Psychology training; Psychotherapy; RE-AIM; Sleep education
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- Funder
- Author 1 is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship administered through Monash University (previously through RMIT University). Monash University’s School of Graduate Research provided funding for participant gift vouchers
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