Non-pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia in Nursing Homes.

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)

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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