Impact Of Mindfulness Breathing Versus Storytelling On Non- Specific Insomnia In Elderly

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep Disorder; Insomnia

Treatments: Other: storytelling; Other: Sleep hygiene; Other: Mindfulness breathing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06249607

MindfulnessBreathing,Insomnia

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted to compare between effects of mindfulness breathing and storytelling on insomnia in the elderly.

Full description

Sufficient sleep is essential for optimum health just a few of the numerous processes occurring during sleep include memory consolidation, clearance of brain metabolites, and restoration of nervous, immune, skeletal, and muscular systems. Despite the significance of adequate sleep, insufficient or disturbed sleep is extremely common. For instance, thirty percent of employed adults report obtaining 6 or fewer hours of sleep per night, approximately one-third of all adults report significant sleep complaints, and the two most common sleep disorders, insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), each have prevalence rates exceeding 10% in the adult population. Unfortunately, current approaches to treatment are limited .

Story telling is another common soothing bedtime routine for children that uses pictures and writing. It is also a nursing intervention that can be implemented to comfort hospitalized children with acute illness and increase enthusiasm. Story telling is a recommended activity that enhances sleep duration in children. Furthermore, it is considered a positive bedtime routine, in addition to praying and brushing teeth, compared to maladaptive bedtime routine, such as watching television, playing with gadgets, and playing games with high-level activities .

Enrollment: 93 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have non-specific insomnia for one month at least.
• Their ages > 65 years.
• Medically stable patients.
• Current complaint of poor SQ (score > 5 of the SQ scale)
• Body mass index ≤ 35 kg/m2.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients having a well-structured diagnosis of relevant brain illness or
• any disease directly affects sleep.
• Any patient with unstable medical condition
• History of chronic insomnia
• Indication of receiving treatments for depression and anxiety
• Hearing problem

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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93 participants in 3 patient groups

Group A: combined sleep hygiene and storytelling

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Sleep hygiene

Other: storytelling

Group B: combined sleep hygiene and mindfulness breathing exercise group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Mindfulness breathing

Other: Sleep hygiene

Group C: sleep hygiene group

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Sleep hygiene