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Minimal Intervention Necessary for Change: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Modifying Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia to Improve Sleep and Cognitive Function

Status: Active_not_recruiting

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Intervention Type: Behavioral

Study Type: Interventional

Study Phase: Not Applicable

SUMMARY

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) is the gold-standard, first line recommended treatment for insomnia, and has considerably better long-term outcomes than medications. However, CBTi is underutilized, training is limited, and medical professionals are implementing treatment approaches inconsistent with empirically supported guidelines. Moreover, sedating medications are currently the most commonly used treatment for insomnia, which is problematic because the potential side effects can have major implications for the aging population. Additionally, some patients continue to experience insomnia symptoms even when taking sleep medication, which can lead to increase dosages, dependence on, and tolerance to these medications, further emphasizing the importance of CBTi. The proposed project will include two primary aims in establishing a foundation needed to examine individual benefits of the components of CBTi. Improved treatment outcomes utilizing specific core components of CBTi may result in improvements of insomnia disorder and cognitive functioning and would provide a major step forward in understanding the mechanisms underlying the etiology and maintenance of insomnia as well as how risks associated with mild cognitive impairment and cognitive decline might be mitigated. Lastly, this proposed project allows for proof of concept and for collaborations to be made within the medical and mental health communities in Pocatello, ID and surrounding areas, decreasing barriers to treatment and improving treatment dissemination.

Eligibility

Participation Requirements

Sex: All

Minimum Age: 18

Healthy Volunteers: f

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• At least 18 years of age;

• Seeking treatment for an insomnia complaint, assessed by self-report;

• Probable insomnia disorder, assessed by the SCI, total score ≤ 16;

• Stable on any prescribed, non-sedating medications (≥ 1 month), assessed by self-report and structured clinical interview;

• Access to an Apple iPhone or iPad (iOS needed for daily sleep diaries app)

Locations

United States

Idaho

Idaho State University Psychology Clinic

Pocatello

Time Frame

Start Date: 2024-09-06

Completion Date: 2026-06

Participants

Target number of participants: 37

Treatments

Active_comparator: Stimulus Control

Stimulus control.45 People with insomnia may fail to associate the bedroom with sleep, and instead may associate it with worrying, planning, or recreation. Stimulus control includes the following instructions: (1) go to bed only when sleepy; (2) only use your bed or bedroom for sleep (or sex); (3) if you do not fall asleep quickly (i.e., 15 minutes), leave the bed, do something in another room, and return to bed only when you feel a strong sleep urge; (4) if you do not fall asleep quickly upon returning to bed, repeat instruction 3; (5) use your alarm to awaken at the same time every morning regardless of duration of sleep obtained; and (6) do not take long naps.

Active_comparator: Sleep Restriction

Sleep restriction.46 People with insomnia often spend too much time awake in bed. Sleep restriction modifies the participant's sleep window so total time in bed is no more than 30 minutes beyond their average total sleep time to consolidate sleep, thus improving depth, continuity, and consistency. As the participant's sleep efficiency improves with treatment (i.e., the percentage of total time spent asleep within the sleep window), their sleep window is also increased. However, the shortened sleep window often causes increased anxiety.

Active_comparator: Sleep Compression

Sleep compression.47,48 Sleep compression encourages time-in-bed restrictions. Unlike sleep restriction, sleep compression allows a gradual reduction in time-in-bed over the course of multiple weeks. Typically, average total sleep time and total time in bed values are calculated from one or more weeks of daily sleep diaries. The difference between these two values is then divided by the number of weeks remaining and the allotted time in bed duration is compressed by this calculated value weekly, by delaying bedtime or advancing wake time.

No_intervention: Waitlist Control

Waitlist Control. Those randomly assigned to the WLC group will be told that they must wait 4 weeks for treatment, which is a fraction of the typical wait period in routine clinical care. During this time the participants are asked to maintain their regular schedule. At the end of 4 weeks, they will complete the baseline assessments again, which will serve as the post-waitlist assessment and then scheduled with a clinician to receive CBTi.

Related Therapeutic Areas

Insomnia

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