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ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2025

Efficacy of brief behavioral and sleep hygiene education with mindfulness intervention on sleep, social jetlag and mental health in adolescence: a pilot study.

Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir, Sólveig Magnúsdóttir, Auður Karen Gunnlaugsdóttir, Hugi Hilmisson, Laufey Hrólfsdóttir, Anna Eyfjörd Eiriksdóttir

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Article in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Delayed school start times to improve sleep duration and mitigate depression in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026
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Ingibjörg MagnúsdóttirAkureyri Junior College, Akureyri, Iceland.
Sólveig MagnúsdóttirMyCardio LLC, 3200 East Cherry Creek South Drive, Denver, CO, 80209, USA. solveig.magnusdottir@sleepimage.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6878-3070
Auður Karen GunnlaugsdóttirAkureyri Junior College, Akureyri, Iceland.
Hugi HilmissonMyCardio LLC, 3200 East Cherry Creek South Drive, Denver, CO, 80209, USA.
Laufey HrólfsdóttirInstitution of Health Science Research, University of Akureyri and Akureyri Hospital, Akureyri, Iceland.
Anna Eyfjörd EiriksdóttirAkureyri Junior College, Akureyri, Iceland.

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Abstract

objectivesSleep is often compromised in adolescents, affecting their health and quality of life. This pilot-study was conducted to evaluate if implementing brief-behavioral and sleep-hygiene education with mindfulness intervention may positively affect sleep-health in adolescents.

methodParticipants in this community-based non-randomized cohort-study volunteered for intervention (IG)- or control-group (CG). Sleep was recorded during regular school-schedule for 3-school-nights and 2-non-school-nights with an FDA-cleared/EU-Medical Device Regulation (CE-2862) compliant home sleep test, and Questionnaires were utilized to evaluate chronotype, sleepiness, insomnia-, anxiety- and depression-symptoms. The four-week intervention included sleep-hygiene education, mindfulness- and breathing-practices for one-hour, twice weekly. Data was collected during the last-week of February and first two-weeks of March 2023 and repeated after intervention.

resultsFifty-five participants completed the study, IG (86%) and CG (77%). Average age was 17.3-years and prevalence of severe social-jetlag (SJL) 72%. Participants who quit participation (n = 10) after baseline data-collection all females (3-IG/7-CG) in comparison to participants who completed the study were sleepier than the IG and CG (+ 2.6-p = 0.04; + 3.8-p = 0.001), with more symptoms of insomnia- (+ 3.8-p = 0.002; + 4.7-p < 0.0001), and depression (+ 16.7-p < 0.0001; + 19.6-p < 0.0001), and report being later-chronotypes, (-18.2, p < 0.0001;-13.1, p < 0.0001). On average the IG advanced sleep-onset (32-min; p = 0.030), decreased SJL (37-min; p = 0.011) and increased total sleep time (TST, 29-min; p = 0.088) compared to the CG. Average sleep duration did not differ significantly comparing IG and CG after intervention. Stratifying participants with severe SJL (> 2-h) at baseline; 1) responders (61%) advanced sleep-onset on non-school-nights (96-min) and decreased SJL (103-min; p < 0.001) 2) non-responders (39%) increased sleep-duration on school-nights (36-min) and non-school-nights (63-min) but maintained severe-SJL.

conclusionTeacher-lead sleep-education and mindfulness program can improve TST and SJL in adolescence.

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Behavior TherapyJet Lag SyndromeMental HealthMindfulnessSleepSleep HygieneAdolescentFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsAdolescentsAnxietyChronotypeDepressionSleep durationSleep qualitySleep regularity

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PMID39821849

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