A Smartphone App for Adolescents With Sleep Disturbance: Development of the Sleep Ninja.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep disturbances are common in young people and have consequences for academic, social, emotional, and behavioral development. The most effective treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), with evidence suggesting that it is efficacious even when delivered digitally.

Objective

There are no commercially available digitally delivered CBT-I programs for use by young people. The aim of this project was to develop a smartphone app that delivers CBT-I to young people to improve sleep.

Methods

To inform the development of the app, young people (N=21) aged between 12 and 16 years attended one of the 3 focus groups (each with 4-10 participants). These focus groups were conducted at different stages of the development process such that the proc

SUBMITTER: Werner-Seidler A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5554352 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature