Group cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia compared with treatment as usual for sleep problems in psychiatric care (the SIP trials): a protocol for a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Insomnia is prevalent in psychiatric populations and may contribute to maintain and exacerbate psychiatric symptoms. Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi) is the treatment of choice also for insomnia comorbid to psychiatric illness. However, patients are rarely offered CBTi in psychiatric outpatient clinics. The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to investigate whether CBTi delivered in groups in a psychiatric outpatient clinic is superior to treatment as usual (TAU).

Methods and analysis

In the Sleep in Psychiatric Care trial, 60 patients with moderate to severe psychiatric illness who meet the criteria for insomnia disorder will be recruited from an outpatient psychiatric clinic in Norway. The patients will be randomised (1:1) either to gro

SUBMITTER: Wilhelmsen-Langeland A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12010297 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature