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Non-pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia in Nursing Homes.

U

University Ghent

Status

Completed

Conditions

Insomnia

Treatments

Behavioral: Non-pharmacological approach of insomnia

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01091987
2010/031

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study wants to examine the feasibility of a non-pharmacological approach for insomnia in nursing homes provided by trained nurses/paramedics and physicians.

Enrollment

45 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

55+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Male and female nursing home residents of age 55+ with insomnia, defined as difficulty in getting to sleep, difficulty in staying asleep, early wakening, or non-restorative sleep

Exclusion criteria

  • insufficient cognitive ability for self-reflection
  • dementia
  • insomnia caused by a medical disorder (hyperthyroidism, congestive heart failure, peripheral arterial disease, GORD, COPD/asthma, angina pectoris, benign prostatic hyperplasia, arthritis, other
  • insomnia caused by medication
  • substance misuse
  • other sleep disorder: restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movement disorder, sleep apnoea, narcolepsy
  • psychiatric disorder: psychotic or bipolar disorder in anamnesis, major depression present or more than 2 episodes in anamnesis
  • short stay

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

45 participants in 1 patient group

Non-pharmacological approach of insomnia
Experimental group
Description:
Non-pharmacological approach of insomnia based on cognitive-behavioural techniques (education on sleep, sleep hygiene, stimulus control, cognitive techniques)
Treatment:
Behavioral: Non-pharmacological approach of insomnia

Trial contacts and locations

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