Nurse-Delivered Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia in Lung Cancer Survivors: A Pilot RCT.

ABSTRACT: Objective/Background: Insomnia occurs in 50 to 80% of lung cancer survivors. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the standard treatment for insomnia (CBTI); however, treatment length and lack of psychologists trained in CBTI limits access. Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia (BBTI), a nurse-delivered modified CBTI, is proposed. This feasibility pilot study sought to compare the BBTI intervention to attention control Healthy Eating Program (HEP) for insomnia in lung cancer survivors. Participants: The participants comprised adults, 21 years of age or older with insomnia and stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer, more than 6 weeks from surgery and living in Western NY. Methods: Participants (n = 40) were randomly assigned to an experimental (BBTI) or attention control co

SUBMITTER: Dean GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190424 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature