Treatment for primary insomnia in adolescents Mental and Behavioural Disorders Disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep (insomnias)
Conditions
Interventions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia in group sessions and internet sessions and a wait-list group.
Sponsors
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development [ZonMw] (Netherlands)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between 13-19 2. No other psychiatric disorders at present or under treatment for this 3. Difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or not feeling rested after the night 4. More than 3 days a week sleep problems, for more than 1 month 5. Problems in daily life (academic, social functioning etc) due to the sleep problems 6. Sleep problems not due to other sleep disturbances (like apnea or circadian rhythm sleep disorder), nor due to drugs or medication, nor due to a physical disorder 7. Living within traveling distance to one of the treatment centers and willing to take part in group therapy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Other psychiatric disorders, drug use, treatment for a psychiatric disorder, physical conditions that interfere with good sleep
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Sleep efficiency 2. Sleep onset latency 3. Wake after sleep onset 4. Total sleep time 5. Insomnia severity 6. Chronic sleep reduction | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Behavioral measures from the Youth Self Report with several scales for both internalising problem behavior (anxiety, depression etc) and externalising behavior (aggressiveness etc) 2. Dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed