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.

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).

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Phase Seven

We found that reading a book in bed before going to sleep improved sleep.