Dismantling multicomponent behavioral treatment for insomnia in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Recently, the use of multicomponent insomnia treatment has increased. This study compares the effect of single component and multicomponent behavioral treatments for insomnia in older adults after intervention and at 3 months and 1 yr posttreatment.

Design

A randomized, controlled study.

Setting

Veterans Affairs medical center.

Participants

179 older adults (mean age, 68.9 yr ± 8.0; 115 women [64.2%]) with chronic primary insomnia.

Interventions

Participants were randomly assigned to 6 wk of stimulus control therapy (SCT), sleep restriction therapy (SRT), the 2 therapies combined into a multicomponent intervention (MCI), or a wait-list control group.

Measurements and results

Primary outcomes were subjective (daily sleep diary) and

SUBMITTER: Epstein DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3353033 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature