Internet Delivered Self-help for Insomnia

Jaap Lancee

Status: Completed

Conditions: Insomnia

Treatments: Behavioral: CBT self-help booklet; Other: Waiting list; Behavioral: Internet CBT self-help

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00851188

UU-vandenBout

Details and patient eligibility

About

The current study aims to evaluate the effects of internet-delivered self-help CBT for insomnia through a randomised controlled trial. Adult persons with insomnia will be invited via a popular scientific website to fill out online questionnaires. Participants will be randomised into treatment groups or the waiting list. Participants will be measured 4, 16, and 40 weeks after intervention with the same questionnaires.

Enrollment: 626 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Insomnia
• Access to the internet

Exclusion criteria

• Alcohol or substance abuse
• Severe depression
• Being suicidal
• Sleep apnea
• Schizophrenic or having a psychosis disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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626 participants in 3 patient groups

internet CBT self-help

Experimental group

Description:

CBT via the internet

Treatment:

Behavioral: Internet CBT self-help

CBT self-help booklet

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT self-help booklet

Waiting list

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Waiting list