Adherence to behavioral recommendations of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia predicts medication use after a structured medication taper.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) has been paired with supervised medication tapering to help hypnotic-dependent individuals discontinue their hypnotics. This study examined the hypothesis that higher participant adherence to behavioral recommendations of CBTI will predict lower odds of using sleep medications 3 months after completion of a combined CBTI/sleep medication tapering protocol.

Methods

Fifty-eight individuals who used sedative hypnotics completed four CBTI sessions followed by sleep medication tapering. Logistic regression was used to examine the association of stability of time in bed and stability of rise time (measured as the within-person standard deviation) at completion of CBTI with two outcomes at 3-month follow-up: use of s

SUBMITTER: Edinger JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10394369 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature