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From traditional to innovative approaches in digital insomnia therapy

From traditional to innovative approaches in digital insomnia therapy - VSL-TIDI

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00035972
Enrollment
64
Registered
2025-09-11
Start date
2025-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Insomnia F51.0

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention Group (innov. dCBT-I) - receives an 8-week CBT-I-based app program including a subjective sleep diary and objective continuous sleep measurement (using a heart rate sensor) with

Sponsors

Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg - Labor für Schlaf, Kognition und Bewusstseinsstörung
Lead Sponsor
ÖAW - Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Insomnia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: BMI 35, severe physical (e.g. tumour disease) or psychiatric diagnosis (e.g. schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, severe anxiety disorder), other sleep disorders, ISI <10, current substance abuse or withdrawal, use of prescription sleep medication, previous completion of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Subjective sleep quality: - Questionnaires (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), each at T0, T1, T2, T3) - Sleep diary data (change in sleep parameters (e.g., SOL, NOA, WASO) between T0/T1 and T2) Objective sleep quality: - Ambulatory polysomnography (change in sleep parameters (e.g., SOL, NOA, WASO) at T0, T1, T2) - Based on heart rate sensor (change in sleep parameters (e.g., SOL, NOA, WASO) between T0/T1 and T2) Number of responders: - based on the Insomnia Severity Index (number of individuals with a change in ISI score of at least 8 points between T0/T1 and T2/T3 (1 month)) Remission rate: - based on the Insomnia Severity Index (number of individuals with an ISI score of 7 or less at T2 or T3 (1 month)) Discrepancy between subjective and objective sleep quality: - based on sleep diary and heart rate sleep measurement: change in the difference between subjective and objective sleep parameters (e.g., SOL, NOA, WASO) between T0/T1 and T2 T0: Start of the study (baseline) T1: Start of the 8-week intervention phase T2: End of the 8-week intervention phase T3: Follow-up 1 and 6 months after T2

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Cognitive abilities (declarative memory): - Word Pair Association Test with interference (WPT): T0, T1, T2 Well-being (mental health and quality of life): - Questionnaires (Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI); WHO Quality of Life (short version) (WHOQOL-Bref), each at T0, T1, T2, T3 T0: Start of the study (baseline) T1: Start of the 8-week intervention phase T2: End of the 8-week intervention phase T3: Follow-up 1 and 6 months after T2

Countries

Austria

Contacts

Public ContactAlexandra Hinterberger

Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg - Labor für Schlaf, Kognition und Bewusstseinsforschung

alexandra.hinterberger@plus.ac.at+4366280445137

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 29, 2026