A randomized controlled intervention of workplace-based group cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Sleep disturbance is common in the working population, often associated with work stress, health complaints and impaired work performance. This study evaluated a group intervention at work, based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for insomnia, and the moderating effects of burnout scores at baseline.

Methods

This is a randomized controlled intervention with a waiting list control group. Participants were employees working at least 75% of full time, reporting self-perceived regular sleep problems. Data were collected at baseline, post-intervention and at a 3-month follow-up through diaries, wrist-actigraphy and questionnaires including the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ). Fifty-one participants (63% women) complete

SUBMITTER: Schiller H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5908834 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature