Cognitive behavioral therapy vs. Tai Chi for late life insomnia and inflammatory risk: a randomized controlled comparative efficacy trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To investigate the comparative efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Tai Chi Chih (TCC), and sleep seminar education control (SS) on the primary outcome of insomnia diagnosis, and secondary outcomes of sleep quality, fatigue, depressive symptoms, and inflammation in older adults with insomnia.

Design

Randomized controlled, comparative efficacy trial.

Setting

Los Angeles community.

Patients

123 older adults with chronic and primary insomnia.

Interventions

Random assignment to CBT, TCC, or SS for 2-hour group sessions weekly over 4 months with follow-up at 7 and 16 months.

Measurements

Insomnia diagnosis, patient-reported outcomes, polysomnography (PSG), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) levels.

Results

SUBMITTER: Irwin MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4153053 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature