Insomnia, paranoia, negative affect Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Participants are randomised into three groups: the intervention group
a group who completed only a daily sleep diary (active control)
and a wait-list control group who received nothing. All participants in each group were in the trial for a total of 24 weeks (6 week intervention delivery period followed by follow-up points at 4-week
Sponsors
University of Sheffield
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants must be over the age of 18
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Under the age of 18 2. Insomnia due to a physical complaint (e.g. back pain) 3. On medication for a mental health problem or sleep complaint 4. Currently receiving psychological therapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sleep-50 insomnia sub-scale: assessing aspects of insomnia (both falling asleep and staying asleep) Each of the outcome measures were completed by all participants before the intervention started (baseline), immediately after the intervention (post-intervention), 4-weeks after the intervention and finally 18 weeks after the intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21): the shortened form of DASS-21 assessing feelings of depression, anxiety and stress, collectively referred to as negative affect 2. Green Paranoid Thoughts Scale part B (GPTS-B): measuring levels of paranoid thinking Each of the outcome measures were completed by all participants before the intervention started (baseline), immediately after the intervention (post-intervention), 4-weeks after the intervention and finally 18 weeks after the intervention | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactAlexander Scott
Outcome results
None listed