Participation in the SleepChart study involves the following:
- Eligibility Evaluation: Participants (and their parent/guardian, if under 18 years old) complete a one-hour remote video assessment including study consent, eligibility determination, and study overview.
- Onboarding Session: Eligible participants will attend a one-hour virtual session where they will be taught how to use a daily sleep diary and sleep monitoring devices for at home sleep tracking. Online surveys will also be completed.
- Sleep Tracking: Participants will monitor their sleep at home for one week. They will wear an activity watch continuously and a sleep recording device on their head overnight. Each morning, they will fill out a 5-minute diary about last night’s sleep.
- Sleep Lab Visit: At an overnight visit in our sleep lab in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, participants will complete surveys, provide a hair sample, and record their sleep overnight with polysomnography (PSG). The next morning, they will do a brief light sensitivity test (pupillometry) and a cognitive test.
- Follow-up Assessments: After the sleep lab visit, participants complete two annual online follow-up surveys at home, sent to them via email or text. Each one lasts around 30 minutes.
Compensation is up to $455.
Interested?
Click below to complete our brief online screening survey to see if you may be eligible to participate. If you are under 18, please make sure your parent is present before proceeding.