Playing Cognitive Games For Older Adults With Insomnia (PLAY)

University of Missouri (MU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Insomnia

Treatments

Behavioral: Cognitive Training

Behavioral: WLC (Waitlist Control)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04282642

2018341

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to look at the effects of computerized cognitive training on sleep, mental abilities (cognition), and other aspects of daytime functioning, such as mood, and arousal

Enrollment

42 patients

Sex

All

Ages

60+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

60+ yrs of age.
No neurological or psychiatric illness, dementia, or loss of consciousness > 5 mins.
Nongamers (i.e. <1 hour of video/cognitive training games per week over last 2 years)
Proficient in English (reading and writing).
Meet clinical diagnosis for Insomnia.

Insomnia:

Insomnia complaints for 6+ months.
Complaints occur despite adequate opportunity and circumstances for sleep.
Consist of 1+ of the following: difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early
Daytime dysfunction (mood, cognitive, social, occupational) due to insomnia.

Exclusion Criteria:.

Unable to provide informed consent.
Unable to undergo randomization.
Cognitive impairments (i.e. mild cognitive impairment, dementia)
Other sleep disorder (i.e., sleep apnea, Periodic Limb Movement Disorder)
Severe untreated psychiatric comorbidity that renders randomization unethical
Using psychotropic or other medications (e.g., beta-blockers) that alter sleep
Uncorrected visual/auditory impairments
Participation in nonpharmacological treatment for sleep/fatigue/mood outside the current study.