Sleep Chatbot Intervention for Emerging Black/African American Adults

Personalized intervention algorithms will be developed based on CBT-I guidelines, focus group data, individual sleep baseline information and self-reported prioritized sleep goals. The CBT-I intervention will focus on principles of sleep restriction and stimulus control, with other CBT-I components used as on-demand content. The sleep chatbot system will facilitate sleep goal-setting with the participant and communicate weekly behavioral prescriptions and educational modules. After baseline data collection, the research coordinator will provide intervention orientation and set up the first-week sleep modification goal during the in-person/Zoom meeting. Sleep modification goals in the remaining weeks will be developed through the participant-chatbot interaction. The Chatbot system will send sleep-related information and behavioral reminders/feedback based on the interactive conversation with participants. Participants will also complete a sleep diary prompted by a chatbot.