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Power napping: a 20-Minute fix for stress and depression?

NCT ID NCT07315269

Symptom relief Sponsor: okkes zortuk Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested whether taking a 15-20 minute power nap each day for six weeks could improve sleep quality, reduce depression symptoms, and lower stress in healthy workers. Forty volunteers, including both daytime and shift workers, participated. Researchers measured changes using standard questionnaires before and after the napping period.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Daytime power napping (behavioral intervention)
What this could lead to
If effective, this could point toward a simple, free way to improve sleep quality and reduce stress and depressive symptoms in healthy workers.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is short-term and relies on self-reported measures, which can be biased.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

40 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Dec 2023

Finished

Dec 2024

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Being a healthy volunteer. * Being actively employed as either a daytime worker or a shift worker. * Providing written informed consent to participate in the study. * Willingness to adhere to a 6-week daytime power napping protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of diagnosed severe sleep disorders (e.g., severe insomnia or sleep apnea) that might interfere with the study protocol. * Inability to complete the 6-week power napping intervention. * Missing or incomplete psychological scale data at baseline or post-test. * Failure to perform the power nap as instructed during the study period.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

depressive disorder insomnia occupation-related stress disorder Occupational Stress Psychological Well-Being Stress, Psychological

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Depression disorders Occupational stress Sleep quality Stress, psychological

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dicle University

    Diyarbakır, Diyarbakar, 21000, Turkey (Türkiye)

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