Bedtime App-Guided Mindfulness Meditation in Patients With Insomnia: Mixed Methods Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While mindfulness meditation (MM) apps have gained popularity as a tool for promoting sleep, research focusing on bedtime mindfulness practice and app usage is limited.

Objective

As the first step toward understanding the efficacy and mechanisms of such bedtime practice and to inform future investigations, the goal of this pilot study was to explore the feasibility of app-guided bedtime MM practice with both in-lab and at-home physiological and self-report sleep remote assessments.

Methods

We conducted a single-arm, prospective mixed methods pilot study that included both standard in-lab sleep studies and remote at-home assessments of individuals with insomnia disorder with self-reported difficulty falling asleep. Participants practiced MM guided by a comme

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12483474 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature