Project Grant R21NR021083

Award Date 8/1/24
Completion Date 7/31/26
Dollars Obligated $828K
Federal Grant Program
93.361
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
South Miami, FL 33146, USA

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under CFDA Program 93.361 - Nursing Research, will fund the development and testing of a dyadic sleep intervention called "My Sleep Our Sleep" (MSOS) for adult patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their family caregivers.

The $827,766 award will support a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the MSOS intervention, which uses cognitive behavioral therapy techniques tailored for insomnia, against a brief individual-focused behavioral sleep intervention. The study will also explore how close relationship factors impact the success of the MSOS intervention. The knowledge gained will be used to refine the MSOS intervention procedures, measurements, and session content for a future larger-scale efficacy trial. This research aims to address the substantial health issue of sleep disturbance experienced by both cancer patients and their family caregivers, and the dyadic effects of their shared sleep experiences.

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