The People’s Trial results
We looked at each participant to see:
- how many improved
- had no change
- or had worse quality of sleep from the start to the finish of the trial.
Overall, we found that reading a book in bed before going to sleep improved sleep.
![](https://thepeoplestrial.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/the-results-001.png)
42% (156 people) in the reading a book in bed group felt their sleep improved
compared to
28% (112 people) in the not reading a book in bed group.
What people told us their sleep quality was at the end of the trial?
Although reading improved sleep quality overall, not everyone’s sleep improved. 10% of people (37 people) in the reading a book in bed group and 16% (64 people) and in the not reading a book in bed group, felt that their sleep got worse (This is not at all unusual in trials).
![sleep-quality-end-graphs-01-01 sleep-quality-end-graphs-01-01](https://thepeoplestrial.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sleep-quality-end-graphs-01-01-850x697.jpg)
Scientific Publications from The Peoples’ Trial
Finucane E, O’Brien A, Treweek S, Newell J, Das K, Chapman S, Wicks P, Galvin S, Healy P, Biesty L, Gillies K, Noel-Storr A, Gardner H, O’Reilly MF, Devane D. The People’s Trial: supporting the public’s understanding of randomised trials. Trials. 2022 Mar 9;23(1):205. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05984-1. PMID: 35264220; PMCID: PMC8905031.
Finucane E, O’Brien A, Treweek S, Newell J, Das K, Chapman S, Wicks P, Galvin S, Healy P, Biesty L, Gillies K, Noel-Storr A, Gardner H, O’Reilly MF, Devane D. Does reading a book in bed make a difference to sleep in comparison to not reading a book in bed? The People’s Trial-an online, pragmatic, randomised trial. Trials. 2021 Dec 4;22(1):873. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05831-3. PMID: 34996514; PMCID: PMC8740874.
![Phase Seven](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/stage-icon-007.png)