An investigation into the relationship between Sleep, Pain and Depression

An investigation into the effect of Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy and Sleep Hygiene Material on sleep quality and quantity, depression, anxiety and coping skills for individuals experiencing Insomnia Secondary to a medical condition (chronic pain).

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000222549

Enrollment

Registered

2006-06-02

Start date

2006-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This research is being conducted in an effort to understand how improvements in sleep may affect factors related to pain and mood. There are three components to this research project, a group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy program, a Sleep Hygiene program, where participants are provided with reading material on how they can improve their sleep, and a wait list. The wait list is an important part of the study because it will provide information about how sleep patterns change over time. This study has two main hypotheses. The first is that the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy program will lead to greater improvements in sleep quality and quantity than the sleep hygiene program and the second is that improved sleep quantity and/or quality will increase individuals’ ability to cope with or manage pain.

Interventions

1. Four, fortnightly, 2hr group sessions of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy designed to treat insomnia secodary to chronic pain 2. Provision of sleep hygiene material, in booklet form, developed to help manage insomnia secondary to chronic pain and follow up phone calls over 8 weeks

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosis of insomnia secondary to chronic pain.

Exclusion criteria

Diagnosis of breathing related sleep disorder or narcolepsy, the inability or unwillingness to attend and participate in group sessions and a non-English speaking background.

Outcome results