Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Older Veterans Using Nonclinician Sleep Coaches: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test a new cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) program designed for use by nonclinicians.

Design

Randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system.

Participants

Community-dwelling veterans aged 60 and older who met diagnostic criteria for insomnia of 3 months duration or longer (N = 159).

Intervention

Nonclinician "sleep coaches" delivered a five-session manual-based CBT-I program including stimulus control, sleep restriction, sleep hygiene, and cognitive therapy (individually or in small groups), with weekly telephone behavioral sleep medicine supervision. Controls received five sessions of general sleep education.

Measurements

Primary outcomes, including self-reported (7-day sleep d

SUBMITTER: Alessi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5351772 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature