Efficacy of brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for primary insomnia in a primary care setting to improve the quality of sleep. A Randomised controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000143426

Enrollment

Registered

2007-02-23

Start date

2007-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

RCT of sleep deprivation versus sleep hygiene for primary insomnia in adults. Primary insomnia is a condition is a diagnosis of exclusion where there is poor sleep but no other reason for it. The theory behind this is that the "sleep clock" is malfunctioning and the intervention of sleep deprivation enables a resetting of the clock.

Interventions

sleep deprivation of 5.5 hrs per night for the intervention. The duration of the intervention is 6 weeks. The participants visit the study at baseline and 2 weeks and followed by telephone at the end of 6 weeks. Sleep deprivation is considered to be a cognitive behavioural technique although in this study it is without a cognitive restructuring aspect. If participants sleep improves they are encouraged to sleep for increasingly longer periods.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Not depressed/anxious on hospital anxiety and depression scale.

Exclusion criteria

No sleeping medication for 2 weeks before starting the study, cannot speak english fluently and dementia.

Outcome results