Development of a Just-in-Time Adaptive mHealth Intervention for Insomnia: Usability Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Healthy sleep is a fundamental component of physical and brain health. Insomnia, however, is a prevalent sleep disorder that compromises functioning, productivity, and health. Therefore, developing efficient treatment delivery methods for insomnia can have significant societal and personal health impacts. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) is the recommended first-line treatment of insomnia but access is currently limited for patients, since treatment must occur in specialty sleep clinics, which suffer from an insufficient number of trained clinicians. Smartphone-based interventions offer a promising means for improving the delivery of CBTI. Furthermore, novel features such as real-time monitoring and assessment, personalization, dynamic adaptations of the interven

SUBMITTER: Pulantara IW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5981058 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature