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Multidimensional Sleep Health Intervention for Couples

DREAM-COUPLES: A Dyadic Multidimensional Sleep Health Intervention

Who can join

Ages 30 to 65 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults aged 30-65 years
* English-speaking
* Sub-optimal sleep health (at minimum one individual has to meet: short/long sleep duration and/or irregular sleep patterns)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Optimal sleep health
* History of cardiovascular disease or cancer
* Not cognitively able to complete study requirements
* Known medical conditions that would prevent them from safely participating in the study (severe psychiatric disorders, neurological degenerative disease, substance abuse/dependence)
* History of severe depression
* High risk of sleep apnea or use of a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device
* Inability to provide informed consent

About the study

The goal of this pilot dyadic study is to adapt a multidimensional sleep health (MDSH) intervention, previously disseminated at the individual level, for relationship partners, determine whether it improves sleep health and aspects of cardiometabolic health, and understand the role of dyadic dynamics in intervention effects.

Can a dyadic MDSH intervention improve sleep health and blood pressure (primary outcomes) in relationship partners?

Can a dyadic MDSH intervention improve anthropometric markers of adiposity, psychosocial indicators, stress, dyadic adjustment and coping, self-rated health (secondary outcomes) in relationship partners?

As this is a single-arm study, there is no control group. All relationship partners will complete a three-tier screening process, attend two in-person visits to receive intervention materials, have blood pressure measured and sleep data collected using in-office and out-of-office monitors, participate in weekly check-in phone calls with research staff over the 8 weeks to support adherence and complete a voluntary follow-up phone call at 16 weeks to provide additional sleep health information. The multidimensional sleep health promotion intervention is based on evidence-based sleep hygiene education and established behavior change techniques and includes: report-back of sleep health profiles, S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) goal-setting and establishing a sleep health plan with a fixed sleep schedule, sleep health coaching and dyadic action planning, self-monitoring, virtual sleep hygiene education, motivational feedback, and addressing light and noise in the sleep environment. Mixed methods will be used to understand implementation metrics, processes, and outcomes to establish the successful completion and future expansion of the intervention within this context.

What is being tested

• Multidimensional Sleep Health Promotion Intervention (behavioral)

Sponsor: Columbia University · Participants: 50 · Started: Jun 8, 2026

Contact the study team

• Research Team · Phone: 212-305-3317

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07603245

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.