An interventional study of Group treatment for insomnia in Insomnia, sponsored by Jeanette Westman. Completed at 2 sites in Sweden. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-08-08.
Sponsored by Jeanette Westman · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The aim of this study is to analyze if group treatment is effective to treat insomnia in primary healthcare.
Insomnia is a common health problem. Untreated insomnia may lead to decreased physical and mental health. The patients turns to Primary Health Care when daytime symptoms decrease social and occupational function. Previous studies have shown that cognitive and behavioral therapy have effects on insomnia and recommends as first line treatment but is not widely available in primary health care.
The purpose is to test the effect of group intervention in Primary Health Care for patients with insomnia. The outcomes is insomnia severity, sleep habits, use of hypnotics, Fatigue, general health and health related quality of life. Characters with insomnia visiting in Primary Health Care.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Group treatment for insomnia.
Behavioral: Group treatment for insomnia
Treatment as usual
Experimental: Group treatment of insomnia The intervention is a group treatment based on cognitive and behavioral changing methods. It is including seven sessions during 10 weeks. Each session last for 2 hours with a 20 minutes pause. The intervention includes psycho education about sleep. Methods as relaxation, coping with worry, sleep restriction, stimulus control, sleep hygiene, stress coping strategies, strategies for coping with daytime symptom, identify and reformulate negative and dysfunctional thoughts about sleep, daytime functioning and stress and strategies for reducing hypnotics.
Insomnia severity Index
Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)is a seven item self assessment scale measuring severity of insomnia symptoms during the last two weeks. The items asks about sleep disturbance, daytime functioning and worrying about sleep. The possibly response is 0 "None" 1 "Mild" 2 "Moderate" 3 "Severe" 4 "Very severe". The sum is added and 0-7 p grades the insomnia to "none clinically significant insomnia", 8-14 p "subtreshold insomnia", 15-21 p "moderate insomnia", 22-28 p "severe insomnia".
Time frame: One year
Fatigue severity scale
Measures fatigue symptoms in a seven item self assessment scale. Response from 1-7 points
Time frame: one year
Sleep Logg
Sleep log for every night during two weeks. The patient logs time going to bed, sleep latency, awakes during the night, time going up from bed in the morning, total sleep time, sleep quality graded from 1-5. ! is very bad and 5 is very good). Use of alcohol, hypnotics and herbs are noted
Time frame: one year
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