Internet treatment addressing either insomnia or depression, for patients with both diagnoses: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To compare treatment effects when patients with insomnia and depression receive treatment for either insomnia or depression.

Design

A 9-w randomized controlled trial with 6- and 12-mo follow-up.

Setting

Internet Psychiatry Clinic, Stockholm, Sweden.

Participants

Forty-three adults in whom comorbid insomnia and depression were diagnosed, recruited via media and assessed by psychiatrists.

Interventions

Guided Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) for either insomnia or depression.

Measurements and results

Primary outcome measures were symptom self-rating scales (Insomnia Severity Index [ISI] and the Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale [MADRS-S]), assessed before and after treatment with follow-up after 6 and 12

SUBMITTER: Blom K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4288608 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature